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January 13th, 2024
Scooter & car collision slows Saturday morning traffic in RT

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - This morning, January 13, 2023, a little before 11 am a car crashed into a scooter a short distance away from the Dr. D. Orlando Smith Hospital, slowing traffic in Road Town, Tortola

March 23rd, 2022
VI will need more scooters as population grows- 'Heritage'

FAT HOGS BAY, Tortola, VI – Host of ‘Da Morning Braff’ radio show Floyd Burnett aka 'Heritage' has called out the Virgin Islands public for having what he called a ‘negative’ mindset towards youths who use scooters, while highlighting the need for bikes on the territory's roadways.

February 19th, 2022
Police seeking help to identify getaway scooter rider

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Police at the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) are seeking the public's help to identify a speeding scooter rider, who broke traffic laws then proceeded to speed into oncoming traffic.

June 5th, 2021
Pastors collaborate in ‘Ride 4 Life’ biker education initiative

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A new ‘Ride 4 Life’’ biking initiative led by Pastor of the New Life Baptist Church, Bishop John I. Cline along with Minister Henderson Tittle, the President of MALE, is seeking to reach young bikers in the Virgin Islands and bring biker education to the masses.

April 10th, 2021
Scooter rider reportedly critical after Luck Hill accident

LUCK HILL, Tortola, VI - A man in his late 30s is said to be in serious condition at the Dr D Orlando Smith Hospital, following a road accident last evening April 9, 2021.

March 18th, 2021
RVIPF seizes illegal scooters, cars in street clean up

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Officers of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) have removed six scooters, six vehicles and arrested four persons in a weekend 'Clean the Streets' operation where the vehicles were confiscated for being unlicensed and uninsured.

January 3rd, 2021
Scooter rider rushed to surgery after collision with pickup truck

DUFF’S BOTTOM, Tortola, VI - A Long Bay Caucasian male, had to be rushed to the Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital and prepared for surgery, after his scooter collided with a Kia pickup truck on the Sir Francis Drake Highway at Duff's Bottom, Tortola, in the vicinity of the old car wash.

January 2nd, 2021
Confiscated scooters stolen from police possession

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI- Information reaching Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) is that two Yamaha scooters that were confiscated by the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) relating to proceeds of a criminal conduct matter, were stolen from police possession.

December 31st, 2020
10 of 15 accidents in December 2020 involved motorcycles – RVIPF

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – New stats coming out from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) is that 10 out of 15 road accidents with injuries recorded in December 2020, involved scooters or motorcycles, with eight of the ten riders requiring hospitalization.

July 23rd, 2020
Scooter rider hospitalised following accident @ Havers

HAVERS, Tortola, VI- The rider of a motor scooter was minutes ago, July 23, 2020, taken to Dr D. Orlando Smith Hospital following an accident at Havers, on the main island of Tortola.

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