March 17 - Weekly Review
Tue, 2009-03-17
The Bermuda Police Service continues to advise the motoring public to slow down and to use care, caution and courtesy on the island’s roads. Additionally, we urge those traveling in cars to use their seatbelts at all times and those traveling on motorcycles to fasten their helmets and avoid making a third lane.
During the week of Monday, March 9th – Monday, March 16th 2009 there were:
- Reported Injury Collisions = 14
- Reported Damage Only Collisions = 37
- Arrests on Suspicion of Impaired Driving = 7
- Vehicles Reported Taken Without Their Owners’ Consent = 17
- Number of vehicles reported stolen by parish: St. George’s = 1, Hamilton parish = 2, Devonshire = 1, Pembroke = 7, Paget = 1, Warwick = 2, Southampton = 2 and Sandy’s parish = 1.
All of the vehicles removed were either auxiliary cycles or motorcycles. Of the 17 vehicles reported stolen 2 were subsequently recovered.
Injury RTC
Around 5:55pm on Monday, Police attended a reported road traffic collision resulting in injury on South Road in Southampton near the junction with Tribe Road #3. It appears that a car was stationary at the traffic lights near The Reefs hotel when another car traveling east on South Road approached the traffic lights and was unable to stop, colliding with the rear of the first car. The driver of the first car, a 44 year old Southampton woman, was not injured. A 14 month old boy was in a child safety seat in the rear of this vehicle and was taken to KEMH for evaluation as a precaution; however, the child suffered no injury due to the fact that he was properly restrained in the child safety seat at the time of the collision. The driver of the second car, a 43 year old Warwick woman, complained of soreness to her body and was taken to KEMH for evaluation. The first car received moderate rear end damage while the second car received moderate damage to multiple areas. Inquiries into this incident are underway.
Handbag Snatch
Around 8:20pm on Monday, Police attended a reported handbag snatch on North Shore Road in Hamilton parish near the junction with Sleepy Hollow Drive. It appears that the victims, who are visitors to the island, were traveling west along North Shore Road on a rental cycle when an unknown man on a motorcycle rode up behind them. The culprit took the female visitor’s handbag from the rental cycle’s basket before making good his escape. The black handbag contained two Nintendo DS (one black & one white) and personal items. The visitors, a 23 year old New York woman and a 25 year old New York man, were not injured. Police are appealing for any witnesses to this incident or anyone with any information to contact the St. George’s Criminal Investigation Unit on 293-2222.
Media Note
The Bermuda Police Service will hold a press conference today at 1pm in the PMR office, Prospect Devonshire regarding counterfeit currency. All media are encouraged to attend.
