Sgt. Grinage Hospitalized after Accident

Well known police sergeant Alford Grinage is tonight in hospital after a traffic accident yesterday evening. Sometime around 6:30 yesterday Grinage was traveling from Belize City towards Belmopan when upon reaching an area near mile 8 on the western highway he tried to overtake a gas delivery truck. He lost control of the vehicle on the slippery road conditions and clipped the rear bumper of the pickup truck he was overtaking. His vehicle a grey police issue Isuzu pickup truck they careened off the road into a drain on the left hand side of the road. He sustained head injuries and was taken to the KHMH and later to the Universal Health Center where he is reported to be in guarded condition as he drifts in and out of consciousness.