Got TIPS or BREAKING NEWS? Please call 1-284-442-8000 direct/can also WhatsApp same number or Email ALL news to:newsvino@outlook.com;                               ads call 1-284-440-6666

Motor scooter rider hit after allegedly running red light

The accident occurred at the stop light at the junction of James Walter Francis Drive and Station Avenue in Road Town. Photo: VINO
The motor scooter involved in the accident today, December 16, 2015. Photo: VINO
The motor scooter involved in the accident today, December 16, 2015. Photo: VINO
Police on the scene conducting investigations into the accident. Photo: VINO
Police on the scene conducting investigations into the accident. Photo: VINO
One of the vehicles involved in the accident. Photo: VINO
One of the vehicles involved in the accident. Photo: VINO
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – A scooter rider who allegedly ran a red light and collided with a pickup truck was rushed to Peebles Hospital today December 16, 2015.

The accident occurred at the stop light at the junction of James Walter Francis Drive and Station Avenue in Road Town.

“He run a red light and hit my truck and I hit into a next truck,” said the driver involved in the accident, referring to the scooter rider.

A police officer on the ground told this news site that the paramedics came and tended to the young man who was riding the motor scooter and that the ambulance subsequently took him to hospital.

Police were conducting interviews of persons on the scene as they carried out their investigations.

23 Responses to “Motor scooter rider hit after allegedly running red light”

  • 3rd (16/12/2015, 14:10) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
    Sad sad
    • S.R. (19/12/2015, 13:18) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply

      Sad H....! deserved as do others who run the lights and right between cars & do not wear helmets and race etc. etc. etc.

  • pat (16/12/2015, 14:30) Like (7) Dislike (1) Reply
    Hope he is ok and had a helment
  • asking for trouble (16/12/2015, 15:02) Like (44) Dislike (2) Reply
    That is all these guys asking for, to make somebody sleep the police station over their nonsense. Out of 10 scooter riders, you can barely find 8 that follow the rules of the road. None don't learn from the next
  • Hmmmm (16/12/2015, 15:30) Like (14) Dislike (1) Reply
    It's only a matter of time before they put a ban on these scooters, the innocent will suffer for the guilty.
  • 1Q (16/12/2015, 16:40) Like (12) Dislike (2) Reply
    When the light yellow man does speed up before it red, when it red man flying like a private jet (some driver). In a collision I stand a better chance in car but these immortals on two wheels GOD bless em. My Grandmother say "who don't hear does feel" so I guess they will have to feel one by one. I hope that dude recovers well.
  • de silent one (16/12/2015, 19:30) Like (15) Dislike (1) Reply
    I wondered if his mother ever ask him where he get that scooter from, he don't attend school regularly and he don't have a job, but he have a scooter running red light.
    • hm (16/12/2015, 22:05) Like (2) Dislike (16) Reply
      how is that any of your business, are you his mother no right so don't question the people and go take care of your children you don't know how to take care off.
  • Hmm (16/12/2015, 19:48) Like (6) Dislike (7) Reply
    sometimes I think yall are so insensitive!!
    • Lilly (16/12/2015, 20:23) Like (8) Dislike (0) Reply
      The more I read about social, and emotional disconnections within the BVI society the more I am concerned about the future of this country. What a mess.
  • driver (16/12/2015, 20:12) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    One can hope that there will not be a look by governement of these scooters
  • Guest (16/12/2015, 20:24) Like (3) Dislike (1) Reply
    My heart sunk the minute I read this tragic headline.
  • @hmm (16/12/2015, 20:56) Like (7) Dislike (1) Reply
    If and when we learn to take correction and to speak truth only then our children will listen.
  • destiny (16/12/2015, 22:12) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    I would not run a stop light and not wear a helment well god send help
  • destiny (16/12/2015, 22:30) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    hmmm they want to run stop light and don't wear hel ment
  • DOT (16/12/2015, 23:40) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    When yuh ready a new article about your parna running a read light
  • More Mobile (17/12/2015, 06:15) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    I'm surprise lots more like this don't happened. These young riders reckless. Where are the cops? 8 out of 10 riders don't have helmets. On the other hand they moving so fast nothing a foot cop can do.. We need police mobile in town all day and night as a quick response mechanism.. Select a strategic location for parking. I will suggest by the round about to the back of vanterpool drug store..
  • Political Observer (17/12/2015, 07:42) Like (3) Dislike (0) Reply
    Though we will have to await the findings as to whom was at fault, something has to be done about the number of accidents involving scooter riders. What will it take? From my experience, some scooter riders ride recklessly. Scooter riders bodies are exposed and no match for a 4000+ lb vehicle in motion. The vehicle will win. Further, car accidents can maim, disable and kill; they should be avoided at all cost. Unnecessary, car/motor vehicle accidents place a burden on the medical system. They bring pain, strain and financial burden on families. Solution?

    Vehicle drivers drive defensively. Scooter riders ride responsibily with caution and obey the rules of the road---stay alive and in one piece. For a small dot of some 57 square miles, the BVI has too many accidents per capita. The number of accidents strains the medical system and increase cost and drives up auto and other insurance. Where are we rushing to on a small island?

    Let's put away the electronic distractions (cell phones, tablets, iPad)while operating motor vehicles. Driving is inherently dangerous enough without the distractions. RVIPF and MCW team up and sponsor a public education and outreach programme on defensive driving. Let's stop the carnage. Let's learn from Prior fatal incidents and stay alive and healthy. Prior incidents should show our youth, the next generation, that they are not invincible. Save your Mothers the pain of WEEPING for you.
  • Clueless (17/12/2015, 08:09) Like (0) Dislike (1) Reply
    running red lights? that's the driver's version
  • Lawyer (18/12/2015, 09:50) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
    Scooter riders (let me rephrase) Young scooter riders are reckless, careless, and a danger to themselves. These daredevils always run through the red lights, dodge in and out of traffic, over-take on the left-hand side, and most times are uninsured. I don't know what is the process for granting a license to a scooter rider, but some form of education about traffic rules and road safety should be included. The penalty for violation should be confiscation of the scooter or jail them for endangering the lives of the public.
  • dah g (20/12/2015, 15:50) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    All ayo commenting Bad Things And forgeting yuh have love one too sigh smh god be wid yuh guys


Create a comment


Submit comment

Create a comment

Submit comment
Disclaimer: Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) welcomes your thoughts, feedback, views, bloggs and opinions. However, by posting a blogg you are agreeing to post comments or bloggs that are relevant to the topic, and that are not defamatory, liable, obscene, racist, abusive, sexist, anti-Semitic, threatening, hateful or an invasion of privacy. Violators may be excluded permanently from making contributions. Please view our declaimer above this article. We thank you in advance for complying with VINO's policy.

Follow Us On

Disclaimer: All comments posted on Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) are the sole views and opinions of the commentators and or bloggers and do not in anyway represent the views and opinions of the Board of Directors, Management and Staff of Virgin Islands News Online and its parent company.