There was a fatal accident this weekend - and it happened on the Willows Bank Road in the Rural Belize District on Saturday night.
Police say that Juan Cantun was on a motorcycle traveling form Willow's Bank to Double Head Cabbage when he crashed in Lloyd King who was walking on the road:
Sr. Supt. Hilberto Romero, O.C., Eastern Division
"Police responded to a fata R.T.A. on the Willow's Bank Road. Upon their arrival they saw Juan Cantun with injuries. Also, Lloyd King, fifty-one years with injuries. Investigations revealed that Juan Cantun was driving his motorcycle when he knocked down Lloyd King and he fell off the motorcycle and he received several injuries. Juan Cantun was taken to the K.H.M.H., where he succumbed to his injuries.
"There is an increase in fatal accidents involving motorcycles. Again, we encourage the drivers of these motorcycles to respect the speed limits, to respect the traffic laws. Sometimes we look around and see that some of this is based on reckless driving, reckless behavior."
Lloyd King is in a stable condition.
