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A traffic accident on the Western Highway has left two people hospitalized.  55-year-old Brian Ernest Clare told Love News sometime around 11:15 this morning he was driving his gray Chevy Silverado pickup truck from Benque Viejo del Carmen to Belize City.  He was accompanied by two Belizean Americans, 62-year-old Clive Carillo, a resident of Ladyville and 67-year-old Grace Meighan, a resident of Orange Walk Town.  Clare said they had gone to the border to check on their belongings that were coming in.  Clare said when he reached between miles 46 and 47 he felt the steering of the vehicle come loose and he was unable to control the vehicle.  He said he realized that the tie rod on the vehicle was broken.  The vehicle overturned several times and ended up on the right hand side of the highway on its side.  Carillo suffered a broken wrist, fractured neck and complained of pain to the shoulder.  Meighan suffered a broken leg and complained of pain to the entire body. They were both taken to the Western Regional Hospital for treatment. The driver of the vehicle received bruises.