Local News

Another man lost his life in a hit and run accident, but this time it occurred further along the Northern Highway in Ranchito Village in the Corozal District.  According to police, they visited the scene between Miles eighty one and eighty two on the Northern Highway where they saw the motionless body of a male person lying on the right hand side of the road.  The man was later identified as thirty two year old Jamar Sutherland, an unemployed resident of G Street South, Corozal Town.  Initial investigations by police revealed that around 9:20 last night someone in the area heard a loud bang and came out of their home to see the vehicle speeding  away.  The type of vehicle could not be identified since it was already a distance away and police are still investigating.  Sutherland’s body was transported to the Corozal Community hospital where it now awaits a post-mortem examination.