One person is dead and another hospitalised following a motorcycle crash this morning in Blue Creek Village, Orange Walk District.
Authorities responded to the scene around 9:00 a.m. and discovered a Lifan motorcycle lying on top of a Honda XR150L at the roadside. Both riders had already been transported to the Northern Regional Hospital (NRH) by the time officers arrived.
The deceased has been identified as 37-year-old Abram Peters of Blue Creek Village. Preliminary investigations indicate that around 7:30 a.m., Peters was exiting his property and attempting to cross the road on his Honda motorcycle when he was struck by a Lifan motorcycle driven by 70-year-old Reinaldo Colomer of San Felipe Village.
Peters sustained severe head and body injuries and was pronounced dead on arrival at NRH. Colomer suffered multiple injuries and remains hospitalised as investigations continue.