One woman is dead after a road traffic accident on a Lifan motorcycle. It happened Friday night on Bullet Tree road.
When asked, police said Melvin Quishan was riding the motorcycle with the now-deceased Auria Ramos behind him when they had a spill. When police arrived and asked him to take a urine sample, he refused to comply.
ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer
"Police have issued 32-year-old Melvin Kishan of Bullet Tree Falls Village with a Notice of Intended Prosecution as a part of an ongoing investigation into a traffic accident which claimed the life of 49-year-old Auria Ramos of Bullet Tree Falls Village. The investigation commenced on Friday 22nd May just after 10 o'clock p.m. when police responded to reports of a traffic accident in Santa Familia Village. The responding officers reported that upon their arrival they observed Quishan who was seated on the road and had some minor injuries and abrasions to the face and body and at the time he was holding a female later identified as Ramos who was complaining of pain to the chest. BERT personnel arrived shortly thereafter and transported Ms. Ramos for medical attention, however she succumbed to the injuries that she sustained some few hours later. What we have been able to gather so far in the course of the investigation is that both Quishan and Ramos were on board a Lifan brand motorcycle, Quishan being the driver, when upon reaching that area Mr.Quishan lost control of the motorcycle and veered off-road resulting in the injuries reported."
Reporter
"Was Quishan under the influence of alcohol?"
ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer
"That has not been established, however the responding officers reported that they in fact smelt the aroma of alcohol and that was one of the reasons why a sample was requested from him, however he refused to comply."
Reporter
"In cases when persons refuse to comply, what comes after that?"
ASP Stacy Smith, Staff Officer
"Well it's an offense to refuse, as I said he was served with a notice of intended prosecution, there are a litany of charges that are being considered at this point in time, however there are certain processes that have to be taken before we reach that point."
