19-year-old Gracia Mendoza lost her life over the weekend when she was involved in a motorcycle accident.
She was on the back of her boyfriend's bike on Friday afternoon in Orange Walk when he suddenly swerved to avoid an SUV:
ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch
"On Friday police responded to the scene of a road traffic accident on Queen Victoria Avenue in Orange Walk Town sometime around 3pm. Where upon arrival police learnt that Manuel Garcia was riding his motorcycle from a north to south direction and at the time he was accompanied by his girlfriend Gracia Mendoza, nineteen-year-old, who was the passenger. They were overtaken by a black SUV which suddenly turned right in front of them and in order to avoid a collision, Garcia rode onto the sidewalk, losing control where he fell from the cycle and eventually still crashed into the SUV. His passenger Gracia Mendoza was also injured and they were both transported to the Northern Regional Hospital where Mendoza was later transferred to the KHMH and on yesterday's date she succumbed to her injuries receive during the traffic accident."
Mendoza's boyfriend Manuel Garcia, who was also injured, has since been served with a notice of intended prosecution.
