Vehicular Accident Leaves One Dead on St. Croix After Ford 150 Collides With Vitara

  • Staff Consortium
  • July 07, 2021
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The 2000 Suzuki Vitara was totaled by the impact of the collision. By. VI CONSORTIUM

ST. CROIX — An auto collision during the wee hours of Wednesday morning left one man dead, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima has announced.

According to the V.I.P.D. news release, at around 3:05 a.m. Wednesday, the 911 Emergency Call Center was notified of a two-car auto accident that occurred on Route 703, Orange Grove Road, in the vicinity of the former St. Dunstan’s Episcopal School.

Officers traveled to the scene and discovered two vehicles, a 2000 Suzuki Vitara and a 2018 Ford F-150, were involved in a head-on collision. Mr. Derima said the investigation into the accident revealed the Ford F-150, traveling north, collided with the Suzuki Vitara, traveling south, in the southbound lane.

The driver of the Suzuki Vitara was gravely injured in the accident, and was transported via ambulance to the Juan Luis Hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries, police said.

He was identified as 35-year-old Sito Martin of Constitution Hill.

This case remains under investigation by the VIPD Traffic Investigation Bureau.

 

 

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