Police responded to a report of a serious road traffic collision that took place on Thursday evening at 8:29pm. It appears that a 37 year old Warwick man was traveling east on Palmetto Road near the junction with Barker’s Hill when he came into contact with the round-a-bout and fell off his auxiliary cycle. He was taken to KEMH where he is listed in critical condition in ICU.

Death of Matthew Charles Clarke – Press Conference

Detective Chief Inspector Antoine Daniels, Officer in Charge of the Serious & Organized Crime Unit

At 3:41pm yesterday (Wednesday 9, April 2008) Police responded to a 911 call at a North Shore Road, Pembroke residence. On arrival Police & Ambulance personnel found 31 year old Matthew Charles Clarke inside the residence in an unresponsive condition. Efforts to revive Mr. Clarke proved unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at 4:02pm by a medical practitioner. Next of kin have been notified; the Bermuda Police Service wishes to again extend condolences to the family and friends of the late Matthew Clarke.

Police are awaiting the arrival of a forensic pathologist from Toronto, Canada to conduct an autopsy on the victim, before the exact cause of death can be established. An initial medical examination of the deceased suggests there are a number of injuries on the deceased’s body, believed to have been inflicted by the person or persons responsible.

I am leading this investigation and I am being assisted by Detective Inspector Robert Cardwell, along with a team of 10 detectives. Overseas forensic experts are continuously being consulted for advice regarding the crime scene in addition to other critical aspects of this murder investigation.

Presently, there is a 32 year-old man in custody assisting Police with their investigations into this matter.

I would just like to take this opportunity to thank those who have thus far come forward and assisted Police with this investigation. I would also like to make an appeal to the public for assistance in this tragic incident. Police are interested in speaking with anyone who may have any information regarding this matter, particularly any sightings or activity in the area of the former Clarke’s Tuxedo Shop and the First Church of God on North Shore Road in Pembroke yesterday to please contact the Serious & Organized Crime Unit at 299-4315 or the Crime Stoppers hotline on 1-800-623-8477.

Around 8 this morning, Police received a report of a road traffic collision resulting in injury on North Shore Road in Hamilton parish near the junction with Studio Lane involving a jeep and a car. It appears that the car was traveling west on North Shore Road when the driver, a 22 year old Sandy’s parish man, lost control. As a result the car struck an embankment and overturned, before colliding with the jeep which was traveling in the opposite direction. The Sandy’s parish man sustained lacerations to his right arm while the car’s front seat passenger, a 35 year old Hamilton parish man, sustained a laceration to his forehead. Both men were taken to KEMH via ambulance for treatment of their injuries, which are not life threatening. The driver of the jeep, a 64 year old man, was not injured. The jeep received a shattered front windscreen and moderate front end damage while the car was extensively damaged. Inquiries into this incident are underway.