Car Goes Over Shelly Bay Embankment
[Updated] At approximately 4pm this afternoon [Sept.17] emergency services responded to an accident that occurred on North Shore Road, next to Shelly Bay field. The car went over the embankment and landed on the field.
We unofficially understand the car had two occupants in it, and both appear to have sustained injuries, and were transported to the hospital via ambulance. It is not believed their injuries are life threatening, however we will update with official information as able.
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A short while later, at approximately 5:30pm, another accident occurred, this time involving an SUV and a bike at the junction of Watlington Road and Middle Road in Devonshire. Emergency services tended to the injured bike rider, until an ambulance arrived on scene.
Updated with police statement: A police spokesperson said, “Around 4pm on Saturday, police and first responders attended a reported single vehicle collision resulting in injury on North Shore Road in Hamilton parish near the junction with Doctors Lane.”
“It appears that a car was traveling along North Shore Road when it went over an embankment. The driver, a 56 year old Hamilton parish man, received minor injuries and the vehicle was damaged as a result. Inquiries into this incident are underway.”
“Around 5:30pm on Saturday, police and first responders attended a reported road traffic collision resulting in injury at the junction of Middle Road and Watlington Road West in Devonshire involving a motorcycle and a SUV. It appears that both vehicles were traveling along Middle Road when they collided at the junction. The motorcycle rider, a 27 year old Smith’s parish man, received minor injuries as a result. The driver of the SUV was not injured. Both vehicles were damaged. Inquiries into this incident are underway.”
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Bermuda should ban these cars that suddenly flip and end up on a field. They are dangerous. Bring back the Morris Minor 1000s and Austin A40s. The Austin Somersets were nice and you never heard of them flipping over. These new cars have just got to be banned!!!!!
Looks more like operator error, not the type of car. Slow down my peeps!!
Don’t forget the Cortinas , Ford Prefects and Anglias, Vauxhall Victors , Simcas and Hillmans .. never used to see them involved in so many damn strange accidents either.
Or we could ban stupid people from driving.
YES
How about bringing back the horse and carriage? Oh no! The horse is easily spooked. The donkey cart is the most reliable mode of transportation. Even if the drive falls asleep, the jackass will find his way home safely even at midnight. Get real folks, slow down.
horse n carriage n other old cars, might as well push peddle and walk, open up the train tracks, scooter bikes n skates lol
how about that! just slow down and pay attention
Peddle. haha.
People driving SUV’s are the worst drivers. They are like motorbike killers on the roads right now.
Look at the stories above. Did an SUV driver take that little white car through the embankment?
I could just as easily say it’s all those drivers of silly little hatchbacks that are a menace. That would make about as much sense. I.e. none at all.
I’m constantly amazed by the antics of motorbike riders. I’ve seen several riding along texting, including one guy who had both hands on his phone while riding his motorbike along Reid Street in the middle of the day.
*I’m constantly amazed by the antics of motorbike riders. I’ve seen several riding along texting, including one guy who had both hands on his phone while riding his motorbike along Reid Street in the middle of the day*
As a motorcyclist (who can drive anything I want) I can say the same thing about car drivers. Most seasoned bike riders now readily admit that car drivers are as bad as bikers, and they can do a lot more damage.
The problem is the cell phone ban while driving was just another useless piece of legislation destined to be ignored and never enforced while it desperately needs to be.
” The problem is the cell phone ban while driving was just another useless piece of legislation destined to be ignored and never enforced while it desperately needs to be.”
I agree with you. There are all sorts of traffic laws that are never enforced. Seat belt laws are constantly ignored (just about every day how I still see small children standing up between the two front seats), cell phone law (never heard of a single prosecution for that), tinted windows, front number plate missing, radio at 200 decibels, etc.
I’ve seen a motorcyclist ride along the sidewalk in front of 5 policemen. – The policemen did nothing at all. (This was on E Broadway by the BUEI one morning).
One day recently, on the road between City Hall and the Car Park, I saw a motorcycle traveling illegally against the one-way traffic. A police car came along the road towards the bike. Did the policewoman stop the bike? No, did nothing at all, as the bike swerved to avoid a head-on collision. They both just carried on as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened.
Middle Road to Watlington Road right hand turn is a dangerous turn. Drivers coming along middle road to turn into Watlington Road have to check and double check as the cars come speeding round the corner (by Saltus) and the speed they travel at means there is little room for manouver if you start to turn and someone is coming round the bend. As a biker and car driver that uses that turn off every day i’m often playing chicken when i turn right and have had a few near misses with cars speeding around. It’s a blind corner to turn on.