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But there was one significant factor that did contribute to the accident. And that is fog. An eyewitness told CTV-3 that at 5:00 this morning, the fog caused limited visibility. Ronald Castaneda's father was driving the tractor and he was on the trailer behind it:

Ronald Castaneda - Eyewitness
"We came early this morning and the mist was thick and heavy, it was like about 5:00 in the morning and we came illuminating the area with our headlights and the tractor also had its lights to see the road but the mist was very strong. My dad was driving and I was coming in the trailer with the workers and we stopped to enter but we did not see any lights that were coming and my dad tried to enter to go to the cane field and the motorcycle crashed into the tractor and the unfortunately the man died. My dad is in the hospital, he broke his leg, his right foot is broken and because of the impact he was thrown off the tractor and fell on the pavement, on the road and we tried to put out the fire because it was an explosion, the motorcycle exploded."

The exploding motorcycle likely had little effect on Leonardo Velasquez who is believed to have died on impact.  According to the 25 year old's mother, his last night alive was a happy one because his team had just won a football match.  

Laura Velasquez - Mother of the Victim
"We've heard that he was riding and a tractor was coming from the same direction that he was headed in. And it seems that he didn't manage to see it and that's how the accident came about. And that's where he died."

Reporter
"Did he walk this road a lot?"

Laura Velasquez 
"Yes, because he would go on Monday come back on Wednesday and then leave again on Thursday but he never went on his motorcycle he always took the bus at to go but today I don't know what happened but he was going on his motorcycle."

Reporter
"Did he work in Orange Walk?"

Laura Velasquez 
"In Belize in Medina's construction that's where he worked , that's why he had to leave early to arrive in time."

Reporter
"You were telling us that he was a person who loved to play football."

Laura Velasquez 
"Yes he was on a team there in August Pine Ridge last night he played his last match with them and he posted that he was happy because they won. He was a very fun person when he was with family. He came and ran jokes; He loved playing and everything with everyone. It's been more than 8 days since I saw him due to his job he hadn't come in a while. Only once in a while, when it had already been more than 15 days, then he would come for a little while and he would leave. He has a 5 year old son his name is Andre Velasquez."

No word yet on whether the tractor driver Feliciano Castaneda will be charged. As you heard, he too had to be hospitalized.