Fri, 2009-10-23

Injury RTC - Around 1:25pm today, Police received a report of a road traffic collision resulting in injury on North Shore Road in Smith’s parish near the junction with Store Hill. Details about what occurred are unclear at this time; however it appears that a truck overturned. As a result there were traffic delays in the area; however the vehicle involved was subsequently removed from the scene and normal traffic flow resumed. Inquiries into this incident are underway.

At 4pm on Thursday, Police attended a reported road traffic collision resulting in injury on Palmetto Road in Devonshire near the junction with Trackside Lane involving a motorcycle and a pedestrian. It appears that the motorcycle was traveling west on Palmetto Road behind a car when the car stopped to allow a pedestrian across the road. The motorcycle avoided colliding with the car but instead collided with the pedestrian, a 9 year old girl. She sustained a sprained right knee. The rider of the motorcycle, a 24 year old Pembroke man, was not injured and the motorcycle did not receive any damage. Inquiries into this incident are underway.

Advisory – Easy Park

With the introduction of the Easy Park machines for the City of Hamilton, the Police would like to remind the motoring public to place this device on the side of the car that is nearest the sidewalk.

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