And while the Coast Guard was able to save those lives, a man lost his in a motorcycle accident on the Philip Goldson Highway.
32-year-old Leonel Cabanas had spent the weekend working in Cayo and on his way home to Sandhill early this morning, his motorcycle had a blow out and he was flung across the pavement and died on the spot. Today, ACP Hilberto Romero gave us more details.
A.C.P. Hilberto Romero, Commander, Eastern Division
"On Monday around 2:30 a.m., police visited a area between miles 10 and 11 on the highway where they found a motorcycle with damages and near to the motorcycle was a male person who was identified as Leonel Cabanas. Information is that he lost control of the motorcycle and he fell off his motorcycle and he received serious injuries. He was taken to the KHMH where he was pronounced dead on arrival."
Jules Vasquez
"The motorcycle experience a blowout from what you...?"
A.C.P. Hilberto Romero
"That is the information from what we gathered from the scene."
Cabanas leaves behind four kids.
