The weekend's other fatal accident happened about 17 hours earlier on the Southern Highway near mile 19.
Police say that at around 2 a.m. on Sunday they found the lifeless body of 47 year-old Cliff Usher, a Belize City resident on the highway's shoulder. His wrecked grey Jeep Cherokee was in a heap on the side of the road.
ASP Alejandro Cowo told us today that police believe he lost control of the vehicle and overturned several times and was flung to his death:
ASP Alejandro Cowo - OC CIB Belize City
"On Sunday, the 30th of December 2018, just after 2 in the morning, Dangriga Police visited an area known as the Kanantik junction, which is located between mile 18 and 19 on the Southern Highway, where, upon arrival, they observed a vehicle on the roadside extensively damaged. And also, at a distance, they found the motionless body of a male person who was identified as Cliff Russel Usher, a 47 year-old Belizean of Cran Street. What police gathered so far is that Mr. Usher was driving from Placencia towards Dangriga, when he overturned several times, and as a result, he was thrown out of the vehicle, and died instantly on the spot."
Daniel Ortiz, reporter
"Is there anything to indicate what caused the vehicle to overturn at this time, sir?"
ASP Alejandro Cowo
"No."
Usher was employed at the Citrus Products of Belize Limited. We're told that He was going to visit a friend in Dangriga. He leaves behind 4 kids.
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