There was an accident this morning at mile 13 on the Phillip Goldson Highway in which one of the BDF J8 military vehicles crashed into another vehicle and flipped. Fortunately, there were no fatalities, but the male BDF soldier who was driving suffered minor injuries, while his female passenger, another BDF officer, had her arm crushed.
Today, BDF's Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Loria, told 7News via telephone, that the officer was delivering supplies to soldiers off base when he got into the accident with a Mitsubishi L-200 Pick up. Here's what the driver reported to them:
Lt. Col. A. Loria, Chief of Staff - BDF
"He said that he was trying to overtake a vehicle at the Los Lagos junction area, but as we all know that the road in front of Los Lagos junction is a bit rough. He was trying to overtake a blue Mitsubishi L200 pick-up driven at the time by Santiago Perez, with Orange Walk license plate 19530. The BDF vehicle was trying to overtake the blue L200 and in doing so, the L200 swerve into his lane. Reported the vehicle was blue vehicle was trying avoid the rough area and in doing so, the blue vehicle collided into the BDF vehicle, causing the driver to lose control temporarily. The BDF driver managed to bring back the vehicle into the road, but again, they had an impact and on the second impact, that was when the BDF driver lost control of the vehicle and overturned."
Daniel Ortiz
"We understand that somebody was injured in this accident?"
Lt. Col. A. Loria, Chief of Staff - BDF
"Yes. The occupants of the BDF vehicle, the driver had minor injuries. Nothing major and the passenger was injured. It was reported that she was taken to Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital and it was diagnosed that her right arm was damaged."
7 of the jeeps were donated to the BDF by the United States in November of 2013 for off road operations.
We were unable to get comment from Ladyville Police today.
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