Around 3:50 this morning, Police attended a reported single vehicle road traffic collision resulting in injury on St. John’s Road in Pembroke near the junction with Cox’s Hill. It appears that a car was traveling north on St. John’s Road when the driver, an 18 year old Pembroke man, lost control and collided with a utility pole. Bermuda Fire Service personnel also attended the scene and had to cut the front seat passenger, a 17 year old Pembroke man, out of the vehicle. The driver was not injured; however, the front seat passenger sustained a broken left arm. He was taken to KEMH via ambulance for treatment. The car was extensively damaged and the utility pole was broken in half. BELCO personnel attended the scene to repair/replace the damaged pole. The driver of the car was subsequently arrested on suspicion of impaired driving and detained at Hamilton Police Station, after failing the alco-analyser test. Inquiries into this incident are underway.

At 1:30pm on Monday, Police attended a reported road traffic collision resulting in injury on Middle Road in Southampton near Heron Bay Primary School involving a truck and a rental cycle. It appears that the rental cycle was traveling east on Middle Road and the truck was traveling in the opposite direction when the female rider of the rental cycle lost control and the two vehicles collided. She sustained facial injuries, abrasions to her arms & legs and a possible fractured right leg. The rental cycle’s passenger, a 21 year old Pittsburgh man, sustained abrasions to his hands and legs. Both are visitors to the island and were taken to KEMH via ambulance for treatment. The driver of the truck, a 52 year old Southampton man, was not injured. The rental cycle received front end damage while the truck was not damaged. Inquiries are underway.