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Teenager Tumbles From Pan To Pavement To Death
posted (September 18, 2019)
19-year-old Joeshee Chan died this morning when he fell from the pan of a pick up truck.

It happened at about 8:00 this morning. 22-year-old Alexi Chavaria was driving a black 1999 Ford Ranger pickup, towing a trailer on the Philip Goldson Highway, from the direction of Libertad Village towards Orange Walk. He was accompanied by Chan who was seated in the pan of the pick up.

Between miles 69 and 70 on the Philip Goldson Highway, Chavarria attempted to overtake a vehicle, and while doing so, realized that another vehicle already overtaking him.

He swerved back into his lane, but the sudden motion caused his passenger Chan to tumble out of the pan. He fell to the road where the trailer ran him over.

Chavarria has been issued with a notice of intended prosecution.

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