ST. CROIX — A woman died following a vehicular accident on the Container Port Road this afternoon, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has announced.<\/p>\n
According to Mr. Dratte, who cited a police report, at about 2:25 p.m. the 911 emergency call center reported a single-car collision on the aforementioned road just off the Melvin Evan’s Highway, involving a Ford Ranger pickup truck.<\/p>\n
V.I.P.D. Traffic Division officers responded to the incident and conducted a preliminary investigation. According to police, a female was driving the Ford Ranger behind a fuel truck. As the truck slowed down to make a turn, a screeching noise was heard, then the Ford Ranger crashed into a WAPA utility pole.<\/p>\n
The driver was taken to the hospital where she succumbed to her injuries sustained from the collision, according to Mr. Dratte. She was identified by next of kin as Kerone Hazelwood-Pryce, 57.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ST. CROIX — A woman died following a vehicular accident on the Container Port Road this afternoon, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Glen Dratte has announced. According to Mr. Dratte, who cited a police report, at about 2:25 p.m. the 911 emergency call center reported a single-car collision on the aforementioned road just off the Melvin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[228,11,191,147],"tags":[3814,1688,7842,71,68],"yoast_head":"\n