72-year old woman dies after collision & car submerges in STT
The accident sent one vehicle crashing into the ocean, and a video showing the vehicle in the water and slowly being submerged was posted online. Photo: VIC
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CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- An auto collision on the St Thomas waterfront in Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands (USVI) left a 72-year-old woman dead, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Mr Glen Dratte has announced.
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- An auto collision on the St Thomas waterfront in Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands (USVI) left a 72-year-old woman dead, [US] Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) Public Information Officer Mr Glen Dratte has announced.
The accident sent one vehicle crashing into the ocean, and a video showing the vehicle in the water and slowly being submerged was posted online.
According to Mr Dratte, on Friday January 12, 2018 at approximately 6:39 A.M., a female individual was operating a Nissan Murano heading eastward on Veterans Drive, while a van was headed westward. The vehicles collided and the Nissan Murano continued onto the waterfront apron and into the water.
The woman, 72, was pulled from the submerged vehicle and was transported to the Roy Lester Schneider Medical Centre, where she received treatment. However, she later succumbed to her injuries sustained from the accident, according to Mr Dratte.
The victim was identified by next of kin as Evelyn Edwards.
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