Tag: leaving the scene of an accident
Driver arrested, accused of hitting cyclist on ETH
(CNS): A 58-year-old man from George Town has been arrested on suspicion of leaving the scene of an accident after a hit-and-run involving a cyclist earlier this month on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway near Tanager Way. On Wednesday, 9 November, the woman was struck by the mirror of a passing vehicle that then left the […]
Fleeing driver faces long list of charges
(CNS): A 25-year-old man from Bodden Town was expected in court Thursday facing a long list of offences, including assaulting a police officer, after he left the scene of a road crash last week. In addition to the assault, he has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident, careless driving, use of an […]
Cops investigate Newlands collision
(CNS): The RCIPS is investigating a road crash last week in which one of the drivers involved left the scene. The collision happened at about 6:30pm on Wednesday, 15 April, on Hirst Road. A purple Honda Fit travelling north was forced to maneuver to avoid hitting a black pickup truck pulling out of Moonbeam Drive. […]
Driver arrested after smash on Shamrock Road
(CNS): A 29-year-old man from West Bay was arrested on suspicion of leaving the scene of an accident following a three-car collision Sunday night on Shamrock Road in the vicinity of the Savannah Rubis service station. Police said that shortly before 10:00PM on 9 February, a red Honda Civic collided with a green Chevrolet which […]
Motorcyclist leaves scene after smash with cop car
(CNS): Police are investigating a collision between one of their unmarked vehicles and a motorbike last Friday evening in Prospect. In a short release the RCIPS said that around 5pm the unmarked police Chevy Aveo and the bike crashed at the intersection of Mangrove Avenue and Orange Drive, leaving the RCIPS vehicle with damage to […]
Driver smashes up police car in hit-and-run
(CNS): A police car was extensively damaged after it was hit by another car, which skidded into its path at around 3:30 Saturday morning. Officers in the RCIPS vehicle had just turned from Sticky Toffee Lane onto Batabano Road in West Bay when the civilian car travelling at high speed in the opposite direction crashed […]
Wong’s lawyer raises allegations of perjury in traffic case
(CNS): Local attorney Dennis Brady, who has been representing the Deputy Chief Immigration Officer Gary Wong in a protracted careless driving case, asked the court for an adjournment at his client’s sentencing hearing this week, saying he believed he may have proof that one of the witnesses in the trial committed perjury. Wong was convicted last […]
Wong dodges DUI charge but guilty of leaving scene
(CNS): Deputy Chief Immigration Officer Garfield “Gary” Wong was acquitted of driving under the influence on Wednesday in connection with a crash he was involved in almost five years ago. But while he avoided the drunk-driving charge, Wong was convicted of careless driving and leaving the scene of an accident, following a trial that began […]
Ex top traffic cop charged in hit and run
(CNS): Inspector Adrian Barnett (53), the former chief of the RCIPS Traffic Management Unit, has been charged with a list of offences in connection with a hit-and-run on Crewe Road in June. Barnett, who lives in George Town, is facing charges of dangerous driving, driving whilst impaired, leaving the scene of an accident, and misleading […]
