~ Police busy with investigations.~
PHILIPSBURG:---- Police and the Public Prosecutor had to rush to Passion Fruit Road in Retreat Estate to investigate the death of a three-year-old boy who was run over by a car. Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson said that the circumstances surrounding the death of the young child are very unclear, thus police including the Public Prosecutor are on the scene conducting the investigation.
Henson that there are lots of rumors circulating one being that two groups of young men were having a disagreement. Henson said one of the men in one group took a vehicle and ran it into another group but police cannot determine whether the death of the toddler is intentional. Henson further explained that police are hearing that there was a fight among the two groups of young men while they are also hearing that Sunday morning feud that led to the death of a toddler was about a scooter.
Henson also confirmed that three other persons were taken to the St. Maarten Medical Center for treatment while the driver of the vehicle is currently in police custody.
Garbage Truck worker killed by accident
A 59-year-old garbage truck worker lost his life early Sunday morning. Henson said police is also busy investigating the death of a scavenger (garbage truck worker) that lost his life during the early hours on Sunday morning. Henson based on preliminary investigation it is believed that the Haitian national slipped off the garbage truck he was working on and the vehicle ran over him causing him to die on the spot.
The accident occurred on Well Road in the vicinity of Peterson Plaza Cole Bay.
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