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Motor scooter rider hit by car on Waterfront Drive in RT

- rushed to Peebles Hospital by ambulance
Persons on the scene assisting the injured rider of the motor scooter on Waterfront Drive this afternoon, July 9, 2019. Photo: Team of Reporters
An ambulance arrives to take the injured rider to Peebles Hospital, following an accident on Waterfront Drive, Tortola on July 9, 2019. Photo: Team of Reporters
An ambulance arrives to take the injured rider to Peebles Hospital, following an accident on Waterfront Drive, Tortola on July 9, 2019. Photo: Team of Reporters
The vehicle involved in the accident with a motor scooter on Waterfront Drive, Tortola, on July 9, 2019. Photo: Team of Reporters
The vehicle involved in the accident with a motor scooter on Waterfront Drive, Tortola, on July 9, 2019. Photo: Team of Reporters
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A rider of a motor scooter was rushed to Peebles Hospital after he was hit by a car on Waterfront Drive, in the capital city Road Town, this afternoon, July 9, 2019.

The mishap occurred sometime after 6:00pm in the vicinity of Cutlass Tower.

According to reports reaching our newsroom, the young man appeared to have suffered minor injuries.

He was rushed to Peebles Hospital by ambulance.

Police were also called to the scene.

We will bring you more details as they become available.

18 Responses to “Motor scooter rider hit by car on Waterfront Drive in RT”

  • No Name (09/07/2019, 20:26) Like (47) Dislike (3) Reply
    Something need to be done. Too many careless scooter riders





    • wize up (10/07/2019, 05:00) Like (21) Dislike (1) Reply
      @ No Name: I hear that! because the matter is getting worse day by day and apparently the police can not bring this issue under some form of control: I thought the department of police have a responsibility to safeguard the general public: this bike muck began with just a few bike riders totally disregarding our laws; if you look around the thing now a sickness: some of these bikers are a hazard to other road users and the police traffic department have this ting to be a joke: I am assuming the commissioner of police will also blame people of the territory for not sharing information with the police department about the bike riders, so his department cant solve this one either(run talk that!!!!!!)
  • Xxx (09/07/2019, 22:34) Like (5) Dislike (29) Reply
    We need the bigger bikes
    • BVI Sick of BIKE RIDERS (10/07/2019, 10:27) Like (37) Dislike (6) Reply
      Judging by the idiots that ride these bikes, my vote would be to BAN THEM ALTOGETHER!!
    • laughing (10/07/2019, 16:11) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Ha ha... Ha ha ha... Hee hee. Snicker.
  • Clownburr (09/07/2019, 22:40) Like (0) Dislike (6) Reply
    He making it bad for we sah #g4l4lyfe 87 sgb
  • wize up (10/07/2019, 05:06) Like (17) Dislike (8) Reply
    stop pointing towards the bike because the root of the problem is the enforcement of the road code(enforcement of the laws in our country is mind blowing; we have all manner of laws)
    • hello (10/07/2019, 07:41) Like (19) Dislike (0) Reply
      It’s only to take a video is how most of those bikers ride through traffic. It is ridiculous
  • Sarcasm (10/07/2019, 07:38) Like (5) Dislike (19) Reply
    Solution: Bigger bikes.
  • WHAT!!! (10/07/2019, 08:27) Like (17) Dislike (1) Reply
    Why do the police ignore these idiots on bikes?? When school is in and there are police present the riders without helmets just pass them by or stop right by them.Yesterday the moron who rides on one wheel and sticks his leg out in the air was going all the way down the highway to the roundabout.
  • (10/07/2019, 09:09) Like (10) Dislike (1) Reply
    I see that young man too very regular. Sometimes I wonder if he’s tired of life a l pray that the powers that be would do something before it’s too late.
    • WHAT!!! (10/07/2019, 10:54) Like (13) Dislike (1) Reply
      Seems everyone sees him except the police, he even posted a video of his stupidity a while ago.
  • Death Trap (10/07/2019, 09:52) Like (7) Dislike (5) Reply
    #PremierFahie-bigger bikes/more speed/more dead youths
    • Ditto! (10/07/2019, 10:59) Like (8) Dislike (0) Reply
      Bigger Bikes, when the riders can't abide by the driving rules as it is, is a recipe for disaster, more deaths of idiots and innocents alike.
  • not me (10/07/2019, 12:44) Like (11) Dislike (3) Reply
    The last two police who tried to enforce the law on a biker were basically charged with excessive force and abuse of power and were terminated from the force. Who is next? Just let them do as they please.
    • wize up (10/07/2019, 16:54) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
      @ not me: you conveniently omitted from your blog(that the police beat up the people): your level of conversation simply demonstrates that some of you are in the territory primarily for financial gratification(the job/work)and have no serious social interest: the police have a serious role to play in up keeping the social fabric of the British Virgin Islands: if folks who are assigned to law enforcement continues looks the other way and allowing crime & criminals to rule the British Virgin at the end of the day some of you can simply book a flight and leave this territory while some of we have to continue living in a disorderly society:(run talk that....)
  • GG (10/07/2019, 16:51) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
    the news said, he was hit by the car. It suppose to be the biker hit the car !!
  • i wuz there (14/07/2019, 14:08) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    I was there. The road was blocked because of the accident. In the crowds looking at the scene a young man on a scooter without a helmet came down the sidewalk weaving in and out of the crowds. The police, all of them at the scene, did nothing.


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