Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Fatal accident on ABC highway

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Barbados has recorded another road fatality.

Police said at about 12:30 a.m. on Monday a male died along the Adams section of the ABC Highway in the vicinity of its junction with Balls Road, Christ Church after he was ejected from the Grand Vitara vehicle which was travelling in an easterly direction towards the airport.

Lawmen said for some reason still under investigation the vehicle left the carriageway to its offside, struck a utility pole and a tree before it overturned in the ditch.

One other male occupant was extricated by personnel from the Barbados Fire Service before being transported by an ambulance for medical attention.

The deceased has been identified by a family member as Rasheed Shaquille Oneal Austin, 29 of #14 Seagrape Coverly Villages, Christ Church.

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