Cyclist dies in Hummingbird Highway traffic accident on Christmas Eve

By BBN Staff: Authorities are investigating a road traffic accident that claimed the life of Ricardo Oh, 54, on Tuesday evening.

Oh was reportedly riding his bike near Mile 25 on the Hummingbird Highway when a white Chevrolet cargo truck knocked him down.

Oh sustained head and body injuries.  He was transported to the Southern Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The cargo truck was being driven by Jason Alexander Swift, 31, a mechanic of Sabal’s Community, Dangriga Town.  

A post-mortem examination is scheduled to be conducted on the body.

Swift has since been detained pending investigations.

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