Tonight villagers of Bermudan Landing are mourning the death of one of the village's well known businessmen - 52 year old John Wade. Wade was involved in a fatal traffic accident last night. Reports are that he was last seen getting on his ATV four wheel motor-bike around 11 last night and left off in the direction of his home. But he never made it home. His body was discovered around 4 this morning - on the side of the road outside of Bermudan Landing. Villagers say he was found with the bike on top of him - which indicates he may have lost control of the ATV. Today his family spoke to Monica Bodden.
Stanley Herrera - Brother-in-law of Decease
"I am trying to get all the details about really what happen because yesterday morning I came up from Cotton Tree and him and I spend pretty much the whole day working on the farm, we were taking care of the animals and then I eventually left to go back home. My sister calls and told me that he went out on the bike and I got the news this morning. It wasn't news that I really expected to get. When I saw her number on my phone calling me this morning I expected she would have told me something happen, but not that he was dead, so I was pretty shaken up this morning when I heard it. It's a really sad thing to know that that could happen in such a short notice."
Monica Bodden
"He was coming home from where and around what time you would say more or less did the incident occur?"
Stanley Herrera - Brother-in-law of Decease
"The last time spoke to my sister was about 11:30 last night and from what she told me he went to Double Head Cabbage area - I am not sure if there was a party going on, I am not really sure about that detail. But I do know that he was coming back from Double Head Cabbage when it happened. I didn't get a call until about around 4am this morning, so I am nor even quite sure how long he was out there on the road dead. I can't really say exactly what time it actually happened."
Monica Bodden
"Could you tell us if he was drinking or?"
Stanley Herrera - Brother-in-law of Decease
"I can't really say how much. I do know that yesterday evening just before I left he took a drink of Campari with me and it was just one drink and then I left, so I can't say what really happen after that if he had drunk excessively or what really took place."
Supt. Chris Noble, O/C Ladyville
"This morning the police were called to an area in Bermudian Landing near the curve I believe it is and they did visit and met somebody that had some injuries and an ATV was in the area immediate. The gentleman has been identified, he was taken to the 
hospital, he has been pronounce dead and we are looking into the circumstances that may have caused it. Whilst we are looking into the circumstances that may have caused it, our preliminaries are he may have been by himself and may have lost control. May I say because we are not totally sure. We are looking at whether that is so."
Wade was the father of 2 children.
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