And while there may soon be international travel bans in effect there's been very little regulation on the highways of Belize.
And at the start of the weekend there was yet another traffic fatality this time in Corozal. It happened at about 5:15 pm when 32-year-old Ditmar Ruiz, a teacher from Cristo Rey Village, lost control of his Toyota Tacoma and overturned on the right shoulder of the road.
The front portion of the vehicle received extensive damage causing Ruiz became trapped inside and by the time fire personnel managed to free his motionless body there was nothing left to do but pronounce him dead. CTV3 spoke with a neighbor who came upon in the scene in the aftermath of the accident.
Eyewitness
"When I came out there were the people from the association looking at it. I didn't see anything since I turned around and I didn't see him. When I came out it had already happened."
"When I came out they were all gathered there where the accident was. I just heard the noise but when I came out it was over. I didn't see anything more."
Reporter:
"Do you think that people drive by fast here?"
Eyewitness
"Well, the drunkard's driving hard, yes. But I don't know. Maybe the young man was drunk but I don't know. Yes it was the loud bang that the young man-made. I don't know what his name was."
Reporter:
"You just know he was a teacher."
Eyewitness
"Yes, I only know he was a teacher at the P.D.F school."
Police continue to investigate.
