By Belize Live News Staff: The Belize Police Department has lost one of its own.
Sergeant Jovanni Ponce, 50, was killed in a traffic accident on the George Price Highway in Cotton Tree Village on Saturday night, October 10.
According to preliminary police investigations, around 10:07pm Sgt. Ponce was driving a white Chevrolet Equinox from east to west between Miles 42 and 43 when his vehicle collided with the left corner of a zinc house being transported in the opposite direction on a flatbed truck.
When police arrived, they found the SUV wedged beneath the house, with Sgt. Ponce motionless behind the wheel. He had suffered injuries to his head and body.
He was taken to the Western Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
His wife, 61, and an 11 year old child, both of the J&W Estate area of Belmopan, were also in the vehicle. They complained of pain, but no major injuries were observed at the scene.
