January 1 - Daily Report
Fri, 2010-01-01
Firearm Incident in Sandys - Around 12:20am today, Police received a report of gunshots in the Cooks Hill Road, Sandys parish area. A resident of the area stated that she saw an unknown man standing in the road. The suspect, described as approximately 6’ tall and wearing dark coloured clothing, discharged a firearm before leaving the area on foot. No one was injured. Officers attended the scene a short time later and immediately commenced an investigation into the incident. Police are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with any information about this matter to contact the Serious Crime Unit on 295-0011, the confidential Crime Stoppers Bermuda hotline on 800-8477 or send an anonymous tip via the Crime Stoppers Bermuda website at www.crimestoppers.bm.
Injury RTC
Around 3:35am today, Police received a report of a serious single vehicle road traffic collision resulting in injury on Kindley Field Road in St. George’s in the vicinity of Stone Crusher Corner. It appears that a car was traveling west on Kindley Field Road when the driver lost control. As a result the car went up an embankment, struck a tree and overturned. There were four occupants in the vehicle at the time and all received injuries. The individual believed to be the driver, a 31 year old Sandys parish man, sustained abrasions to his face but declined medial treatment. He was subsequently arrested on suspicion of impaired driving; however he passed the alco-analyser test. The other three occupants of the car include a 21 year old Sandys parish man who sustained head & chest injuries and was taken to KEMH for treatment; a 23 year old Sandys parish man who sustained unknown injuries and a 21 year old Sandys parish woman who sustained injuries to her hands. The car was extensively damaged. Inquiries into this incident are ongoing.
