There was also a fatal accident in the south. This one happened on Saturday afternoon at 12 miles Pomona. 49 year old Stephen Williams from Orange Walk was driving a cargo truck when he knocked down a 69 year old on bicycle. Police told us more:
ACP Joseph Myvette
"On Saturday, sometime around 2:30 p.m., police were called to an area in Pomona Village whereupon arrival they met one Steven Williams who was the driver of a white delivery truck that was northbound. Williams reported to police that whilst he was traveling within Pomona Village he saw a male person on a bicycle traveling in the same direction and upon approaching near the person, that person then rode across the highway and in an effort to avoid hitting the person he applied breaks and swerved towards his left, however, the person was still hit by the vehicle. This person's name was learned to be one Leopold Japon, 69-years-old of Pomona Village, who was transported to the Southern Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Police are conducting an investigation into this matter and Steven Williams is detained pending this investigation."
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