Traffic department personnel busy investigating a couple of serious incidents

Traffic Department personnel responded to several traffic accidents last week in which several individuals sustained injuries.

Central Dispatch was notified of a traffic accident on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, at approximately 4:30 p.m. on the Airport Road in the vicinity of the WIB Bank where a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle. Upon scene it appeared that the driver of a Cream/black Suzuki was traveling via Simpson-Bay heading in the direction of the airport.

During the course of doing so, a pedestrian attempted to cross the road and as a result was struck by the vehicle. The pedestrian who was struck by the vehicle, complained of shoulder and upper body pain. He was administered first aid by ambulance personnel and later transported to the Sint Maarten Medical Center further medical treatment.

At approximately 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 27, 2022, Central Dispatch again received a call of a traffic accident in which a bicycle rider was injured at the intersection of Windsor Road and Welfare Road.

Preliminary inquiry indicated that the driver of a blue I-20 and the bicycle rider both were traveling from the Kruithoff roundabout heading in the direction to Simpson Bay.
However, it appeared that the cyclist was attempting to overtake another vehicle at the same moment as the I-20 was making a left turn into Windsor Road and collided with the I-20.

The cyclist complained of pain in his shoulder. He was administered first aid by ambulance personnel and later transported to the Sint Maarten Medical Center further medical treatment. The investigation into these incidents is still ongoing.