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Coro Woman Critical, Knocked Down By Drunk Driver
posted (July 12, 2012)
Keeping it in Corozal, a woman is in the intensive care unit at the KHMH on life support after she was knocked down on Tuesday night on Seventh Avenue - which is the Town's main street.

At 8:45 on Tuesday night in the heart of the town, 42 year old Maria Aragon was riding a bicycle southbound when she was hit from behind by a speeding vehicle.

We spoke to an eyewitness who works nearby - she says she heard a bang, and when she looked up Aragon was in the air:..

Voice of: Eye Witness
"I heard a loud bang and when I lifted up my head I saw this lady in the air flying and she landed right across the street to my right on the edge of the pavement on the boulevard and her bicycle flew farther than where she was, so I ran outside with my cell phone, tried to call 911 several times, I ask my worker to do the same to call the police or 911 and the call kept being dropped so by the time I got to her there were some people looking on. Some men from across the street came and I ask them to turn her over and she was gasping for air and blood just came flying out of her nose and her mouth. The driver of the car came out and asks me what to do. I said she is still alive, pick her up and take her to the emergency room."

Aragon remains in critical condition on life support. The driver has been detained since the accident and tonight he will be charged with Driving without due care and attention, Negligent grievous harm and Driving with alcohol content about the prescribed limit - which means driving drunk. If Aragon does not survive her injuries, those charges will be upgraded.

According to those who live and work in the area - drivers coming back drunk from the free zone often race through the town at perilous speeds.

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