Photo: PC Elejio Teul, deceased
by Charles Gladden
BELLA VISTA, Toledo District, Mon. Jan. 30, 2023
Two separate road traffic accidents claimed the lives of two men from Bella Vista village, Toledo District.
The first fatal road traffic accident took place on Thursday, January 26, and involved a collision between a bus belonging to James Bus Line and a motorcycle being driven by Roberto Raymundo.
Reports have indicated that Raymundo was driving his motorcycle when he was hit from behind by the James Bus, and received fatal head and body injuries as a result. The driver of the James Bus was detained by police.
Raymundo was taken to the Punta Gorda Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police are investigating.
The second fatal road traffic accident occurred on Saturday, January 28, when 24-year-old Elejio Teul, a Belizean police constable attached to the Bella Vista Police Station, lost his life.
Shortly after 6:40 p.m. that evening, police went to the scene of the accident, where they saw Teul’s injured, motionless body lying near his motorcycle.
According to reports, Teul was driving his motorcycle on the Southern Highway when a male individual was crossing the road, and there was a collision between the two, which resulted in Teul falling off his motorcycle and receiving severe injuries. He died at the scene.
The man who was crossing the road was also injured and is currently admitted to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital.