Posted: Saturday, August 20, 2022. 8:23 am CST.
By Aaron Humes: Police have detained a driver from Guinea Grass, Orange Walk following the fatal knock-down of an eight-year-old girl from Belize City in Ladyville, Belize District on Friday night.
The child has been identified as eight-year-old Mercedes Elisabeth Campos, who was accompanied by her mother, 28-year-old Alba Guevara, a Salvadoran national from Lords’ Bank.
The police investigation found that the driver was making a right turn from Poinsettia Street onto the Philip Goldson Highway when he ran over Mercedes. Both Mercedes and Guevara were taken to Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in a Police mobile but the girl died of her injuries while her mother was treated. The police investigation continues.
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