A mother and her 6-year-old daughter were knocked down yesterday afternoon whilst walking on the Stann Creek Valley Road.
The mother is 44-year-old Elida Lopez Hernandez and her daughter is 6-year old Marie Lopez. The man who police say is responsible is 27-year-old Kenroy Sanchez. He told police that around 1 pm - he was driving his gold Mazda pickup from Steadfast enroute to Pomona Valley on the Stann Creek Valley Road when he hit the mother and daughter between miles 15 and 16.
The mother and daughter were airlifted to the KHMH in critical condition but late word tonight is their conditions are improving and they are both stable. Kenroy Sanchez meanwhile has been charged with two counts of negligent grievous harm, and driving without due care and attention.
30-year-old Harrim Perez is also facing charges in relation to a road traffic accident. In this case it was a dangerous collision between a Toyota 4-Runner and an Isuzu pickup and the scene was between miles 67 and 68 on the Western Highway. Perez told police that around 7 last night - he was driving his r-runner when he collided into 26-year-old Edgar Tuyud's pickup. The force of the impact caused the pickup to land with all wheels in the air. Tuyud was thrown from the vehicle and received severe head and body injuries. He is in the hospital recovering while Perez has been detained pending charges.
And while charges are pending on Harrim Perez, 45-year-old Rudolph Smith has already been charged. He is the worker who was driving the postal delivery van when it knocked down 69-year-old Saturino Sosa on Tuesday evening. Smith was driving the van on the Northern Highway heading back to Belize City when he hit Sosa who was riding in the same direction on his beach cruiser.
Smith has been charged with manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, and driving a motor vehicle without due care and attention.
