Sint Maarten : Traffic Accidents report

Collision between motorcycle and jeep.

On Sunday December 14th at approximately 04.00 a.m. the police traffic department was directed to Rhine road in the vicinity of Saphire Beach club to investigate a traffic accident with injuries.

On the scene the investigating officers encountered a collision between a motorcycle with license plate AB 659 –EC and a jeep with license plate P-1170.

The rider of the scooter was bleeding heavily from a wound to the right side of his stomach and a possible broken upper and lower left leg. Paramedics arrived on the scene shortly after and transported the victim to the Sint Maarten Medical Center for further treatment.

Cause of the collision: The motorcycle rider traveling from the direction of Mullet Bay took a left turn too sharp and collided with the oncoming traffic.

Motorcycle riders collide with police vehicle.

On Sunday December 14th at approximately 04.30 p.m. on the Airport road two motorcycle riders were given a “stop sign” by police in order for their documents to be checked.

Neither of the vehicles had a license plate. The riders did adhere to the order and increased their speed in order to get away from the officers.

The Central Dispatch was informed what was going and another patrol that was in the immediate area heard what was going on set up a road block in the vicinity of Hertz Car Rental.

The scooter riders were riding at such high speed lost control of their scooter when they encountered the road block. Both riders collided with parked vehicle causing quite some damage to the front end of the police vehicle L-10 and falling causing minor injuries such as bruise and scratches to themselves.

The suspects stated that the fled from police because they did not have any documents for the motorcycles. They were treated o the scene by paramedics and then taken to the police station for questioning.

The traffic department is finalizing the investigation.