UPDATE

Police have named a man killed in a fatal car crash is named as Herman Byrd.

Mr. Byrd, aged 42, was from George Town.

Enquiries into the crash are ongoing.

 

 

At about 10:24 PM on Friday, 27th January 2012 an eastern district Police Patrol vehicle came upon a fatal-one-car crash on Sea View Road, East End. The vehicle was travelling West on Sea View Road apparently at a high rate of speed.  The 42 year old male driver was unaccompanied when he was negotiating a right-hand corner; he apparently lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle skidded across the right hand side of the road and collided with almond and coconut trees and then came to rest on the right shoulder of the road.

The ambulance attended the scene and transported the driver to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival at about 11:50 PM.

Officers of the Traffic Management are investigating the crash.

Anyone with information in relation to the crash please contact the Bodden Town Police Station at 947-2240 or Crime Stoppers at 800-8477 (Tips)