Police Constable 47 year old Clifford Castillo was killed in an accident on the 21st morning in the Maya beach area in Placencia. Castillo was heading home after his shift when he lost control of his motorcycle, and careened off the road totaling the motorcycle. He sustained head and body injuries to which he eventually succumbed. Here is what Police had to say about this fatality.
Joseph Myvette, Assistant COMPOL
"Police were called to an area between miles 17 and 18 on the Placencia road on Saturday morning sometime around 8:30 am where upon arrival they observed a red in color live hand motorcycle extensively damaged, that was northbound, and a distance away from the motorcycle they observed the body of police constable Clifford Castillo whom upon their arrival was unresponsive, however, he was still removed from the area and transported to the Southern Regional Hospital and later to the KHMH where he succumbed to his injuries that he had received from the accident. What we know so far is that he was traveling northbound from Placencia towards Maya Beach where he is stationed and he apparently lost control of the motorbike between mile 17 and 18."
"He was coming from work we believe as he had worked a function for a few hours that morning and he had just come off duty sometime after 7am that morning."
"Yes we are dealing with it. It's a very unfortunate incident and we have had a few since this year as you may be aware. So yes we are dealing with it as a department and we are also here to provide support to his immediate family."
Castillo had been a police officer for 28 years. He leaves 8 kids behind.
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