{"id":23355,"date":"2012-07-03T08:28:37","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T12:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=23355"},"modified":"2012-07-03T08:28:37","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T12:28:37","slug":"three-more-dead-in-traffic-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/07\/three-more-dead-in-traffic-accidents","title":{"rendered":"Three More Dead In Traffic Accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Three people are dead after they were injured in separate traffic fatalities, bringing the number of road related deaths to 24 for the year, police said.<\/p>\n

The most recent victim was killed around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Police said the 19-year-old woman was a front seat passenger in a 1999 Honda Odyssey that was heading east on Marshall Road. The driver lost control of the vehicle and hit a utility pole, police were told. The car overturned during the crash.<\/p>\n

Although the driver escaped the accident unharmed, the teen girl was seriously injured and died at the scene.<\/p>\n

A second person was killed around 3:45 p.m. Friday after he hit a utility pole while driving east on Joe Farrington Road.<\/p>\n

The 45-year-old male resident of Eastwood Estates, who was driving a 2009 Suzuki van, died at the scene, police said.<\/p>\n

Another man, a motorcyclist, died in hospital around 8 a.m. Friday, hours after he hit a truck while driving west along St. Vincent Road. The accident occurred around 11:45 p.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old male resident of South Beach was taken to hospital where he later died as a result of his injuries.<\/p>\n

The deaths came a few days after 16-year-old Jimico Brown died after the car he was driving hit a pole and split in two on the Sir Milo Butler Highway. The accident occurred around 6 a.m., police said.<\/p>\n

Taneka Thompson
\nThe Nassau Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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