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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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

