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UPDATE: Fatal accident victim identified as Junior Williams
Mr Williams' life ended tragically when his vehicle ran off the road and into the sea near Cox Heath.
According to reports, he was pulled from his vehicle and administered CPR but succumbed at the scene of the accident.
Police confirmed the accident and that a man had died, noting that the cause of death is to be determined.
"Police are confirming the death of male after a lone vehicle entered the sea this evening while traversing the West End Road near Cox Heath. The deceased was pulled from the vehicle after it entered the sea around 6pm this evening. Cause of death is to be determined. Investigations are ongoing," a press release from the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) last evening, September 4, 2015, stated.
The fatal accident has raised concerns over the absence of guard rails on the coastal roads in the Pockwood Pond and West End areas.
See previous report published September 4, 2015
Man reportedly killed in accident in West End
A man has reportedly been killed following an accident in West End, Tortola this evening, September 4, 2015.
According to reports reaching Virgin Islands News Online, a vehicle ended up in the sea sometime after 6:30pm. The circumstances surrounding the accident are yet not clear.
Virgin Islands News Online was informed that a police officer was in the vicinity at the time of the accident and managed to pull an occupant from the vehicle.
The man appeared to be lifeless even before medical personnel arrived on the scene.
It is not clear whether there were other occupants of the vehicle.
Virgin Islands News Online will keep you updated as information comes in.
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47 Responses to “UPDATE: Fatal accident victim identified as Junior Williams”
could very well be prevented, if only our elected Government Officials could pay
more attention to protection their citizen by placing proper guard rail around our water front
road areas also, steep hills such as Fort Hill and Jose Hill. How much more person will have to suffer?
instead they are just too busy building sidewalks. For decades now that rock wall around the bluff
needed to be raised higher. My sincere condolence to the family.
I agree with @Lack of Guard Rails, it has always been a sore point for us in the West End and other parts of the territory that guard rails have never been made a priority by any party in power. If even one life is saved by guard rails, it is worth the expense.
I am begging now - please, this is not the first person who has died as a result of running off the road and into the sea. As many of our main roads hug the shoreline, it is a constant danger to all drivers and all families. PLEASE install guard rails for everyone's sake!
Perhaps one project to further tourism can be put on the back burner for the sake of our people's safety - or is that too much to ask? I guess it's much like the lifeguard programme - just not important enough for government to be bothered with. A few lives lost now and then is just the price we pay for progress.
After all, we must be sure to put aside another $75,000.00 on fireworks for when the shore side of the pier park opens. We'll need lots of fanfare and paid entertainment for that so our politicians can properly pat themselves on the back again! We wouldn't want such a mundane thing as guard rails to detract from such an auspicious occasion. Of course we need to set aside another $100,000.00 for this year's teachers dinner.
Perhaps we could hire yet another consultant to look into this guardrail thing; or perhaps we could save a few dollars if the fellow hired as the airport consultant could take time out of his very busy schedule to look into it? Oh I know, how about cutting back on government officials travel for a year or two and see if that wouldn't help put aside some money for a little stretch of guard rail. I wonder how much the BVI and its environs will suffer if Dr. Pickering doesn't attend the next couple of global warming seminars in some far away land?
Guard rails may not have prevented the fatality. Most accidents are caused by unsafe acts, of which we see plenty on the roads here. I suggest that better enforcement of the traffic laws might get people to drive a little more conservatively, and thus safely. The rules of the road exist to minimize the hazards associated with driving, but people flaunt them with impunity: driving too fast, tailgating, passing on blind curves, stopping in the middle of the road on a blind curve, not using turn signals, faulty brake lights, driving while intoxicated etc, etc. As long as we tolerate these behaviors, the risk of tragic events such as these will be higher than it needs to be. We all will pay for this in terms of lost friends, family members as well as higher vehicle insurance premiums.
Junior was a wonderful person and will be missed terribly. My sincere condolences to his family, friends and all the staff at Pirate's Bight.
brakes giving out,steering come loose,steering arm breaking or ball joints coming out of socket.How about
maintenance,he could ha had a black out,heart attack.Until the is an investigation we would never know.So if
that is the reason for guard rails then we would need to put them all over the island on every roads which
would be a very expensive venture then who pays.Would we be happy if govt tax us for this venture such
as raising the tax on gas,raise tee licensing fees and road use fees.then every one will start crying they are
taxing us to death but everything has a cost and someone has to pay.