Sascha Wil­son

Two po­lice of­fi­cers and a civil­ian sus­tained in­juries in a two-ve­hi­cle col­li­sion along the Uri­ah But­ler High­way near Freeport on Wednes­day morn­ing.

Ini­tial re­ports in­di­cate that around 3:05 a.m., a po­lice con­sta­ble was dri­ving a marked po­lice ve­hi­cle south along the high­way in the left lane, ac­com­pa­nied by a fe­male of­fi­cer.

Ap­prox­i­mate­ly 100 me­tres be­fore the John Pe­ter Walkover, they heard a loud noise and felt an im­pact. The po­lice ve­hi­cle spun and came to a stop fac­ing north­east on the ex­treme right lane. They then saw the dri­ver of a blue Maz­da 3, which had end­ed up in a ditch on the east­ern side of the high­way, stag­ger­ing as he ex­it­ed the ve­hi­cle.

The back of the po­lice ve­hi­cle—in­clud­ing the tail­gate, spare tyre, rear fend­ers, and left rear rim and tyre—was dam­aged, while the front of the Maz­da sus­tained sig­nif­i­cant dam­age.

The male of­fi­cer suf­fered in­juries to his head, neck, and back. The fe­male of­fi­cer re­port­ed in­juries to her neck, head, right shoul­der, and right hand.

The Maz­da dri­ver failed a breathal­yser test with a read­ing of 55 mg. Of­fi­cers took him to the Ch­agua­nas Health Fa­cil­i­ty for treat­ment, while emer­gency per­son­nel con­veyed the in­jured of­fi­cers to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex.

Ch­agua­nas po­lice are con­tin­u­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions.