Just after 10 this morning, there was an accident on the Western Highway near the entrance of Belize City. A D&E bus travelling towards Belize City collided into the back of a small car - which was driven by Edwin Haylock. The impact of the collision launched the car off the road and into the cemetery. According to Haylock, who was travelling along with his wife this morning, the D&E bus tried overtaking them, but due to oncoming traffic, the bus was unsuccessful and instead caused an accident. Here's his story.
Edwin Haylock - Car Driver
"I was coming from home earlier and this bus was coming from behind and a green Hilux was parked in front of me on the side, some guys was working in the cemetery. At the same time another vehicle was coming from the opposite side. While the bus was coming fast, I approached a pothole and I slowed down, the bus was trying to overtake me and then it hit my car at the side causing the car to slide into the cemetery."
"I was trying to avoid hitting the green Hilux. If I didn't, the car would have hit the green Hilux and my wife and I would have been crushed. As a good driver I manage to maneuver the car and took it into the cemetery because I knew that if it hit one of the graves only the front might sustain damage, so I did the right thing and just moved away."
"I want to say for the record to the officer who said that he saw my wife driving - that is wrong because he was in the bus and he says that he saw my wife driving. He came from out of the bus when the bus had already stopped and saw my wife coming out the car from the driver's side. She came out of the car from the driver's side because the passenger's door couldn't open."
The vehicle belonging to Haylock is insured. We tried speaking with the Driver of the D&E Bus but were told that he was taken to the police station to give his statement.
