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New plan for minor accidents

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The days of police officers attending minor accidents such as fender benders will come to a screeching halt on September 15.

Instead, motorists will have to call their insurance company to handle these matters.

Following months of notification, the roll-out of the new Road Traffic Accident Investigation Policy was officially announced yesterday by Attorney General Dale Marshall and Commissioner of Police Richard Boyce at a press conference held at the Henry Forde And David Simmons Legal Judicial Complex.

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