The Christmas holidays were marred by a traffic fatality in Grand Bahama, bringing the number of traffic deaths on the island to 22 for the year, and to 69 in the country. <\/p>\n
Police said Freeport resident Archelous Thompson, 60, a longtime security officer at the Woodbourne Estates Resort on South Mall Drive, was knocked down while walking along East Sunrise Highway, around 9:10p.m. Christmas Day.<\/p>\n
Mr. Thompson was reportedly hit by a blue 2002 Kia mini-van, driven by Patrick Sturrup, 48, of Nelson Road.<\/p>\n
Mr. Sturrup was accompanied by his 13-year-old daughter, Precell, said police.<\/p>\n
Mr. Sturrup told police that while driving about 45 miles per hour in the rain, in the vicinity of Ariel Place, a man suddenly appeared in front of his vehicle.<\/p>\n
Police said it was then that Mr. Sturrup swerved the vehicle, hoping to avoid the pedestrian, but was unable to, as “he was too close.”<\/p>\n
Emergency Medicals Services personnel and the police were reportedly dispatched to the scene. <\/p>\n
Mr. Thompson was rushed to the trauma section of the Rand Memorial Hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival.<\/p>\n
Police said despite the mini-van being badly damaged, Mr. Sturrup and his daughter were unharmed.<\/p>\n
By: Macushla N. Pinder, The Bahama Journal<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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