Saint Lucia emergency personnel responded Saturday to a report of a 12-year-old being struck by a vehicle at Mongiraud, Gros Islet.
The emergency personnel learned of the incident at about 7:24 pm.
On arrival, they found that the victim had sustained multiple injuries, provided emergency aid, and transported her to a medical facility.
Reports indicate that the pedestrian was crossing the road when the accident occurred.
Despite official road safety appeals, road accidents accounted for most SLFS trauma responses for the greater part of 2024.
According to SLFS data, as of the end of August, there were 577 trauma responses to incidents involving vehicles and motorcycles.
In contrast, there were 1061 responses to road accidents involving vehicles and motorcycles last year.
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Woiiiiiiii people look out for pedestrians smmfh this poor child… people hold you’re bags above you’re head when crossing the road to get more visible attention from passing rides…. not paying attention and on their phones!,,,, RSLP Start charging people who are driving whilst on the phone, daily I’m seeing drivers not stopping,making turns on their phones!,,,,, smmfh @ this yo….
The hope is for a complete recovery for the child, and easing of the pain and sorrow of the family. Motorists need to exercise more caution and patience, always in a hurry with no where to go. They take chances and plenty of risk to other road users to overtake, and stop a little lower down the road. The question is, what will they do with the two or three seconds they gain when overtaking. Some motorists use their horn rather than their brakes when faced with a potential traffic collision. Also, having so called “right of way” does not preclude one from being severely injured or the vehicle from being damaged. Some motorists make limited effort to avoid an accident because they believe they have “right of way”, and have become critically injured as a consequence. One can never tell how a collision will turn out. Bottom line, everyone needs to drive with a little more patience and caution and drive according to the road situation.
I tried crossing the zebra marks on Jeremie street one evening, decked in high viz. Not one vehicle stopped. I felt invisible. If I had attempted to cross, I would be struck down. Our drivers are not paying attention on the roads. Put the phones down. Attend to calls when you are off the road. Lessen your distractions.
The police as usual are not doing their part. Too many people are breaking the traffic rules and getting away qith it because of the INACTION of the law enforcement. Police in St.Lucia seem to turn a blind eye toward people who do not drive by the rules of the road. If police started geeting into the practice of taking their job seriously and start giving tickets and making arrests for dangerous driving or riding (in the case of motocyclists) then im sure more than half of the motorvehicle accidents would not have occurred and many loss of lives cud have been prevented. Also Govt cud have made some revenue by ticketting the law breakers. But NOO they will choose to be lazy and only act when an accident actually occurs. Thats one of the major differences in system between us in St.Lucia and a first world country like the US.
Poor road lighting causing low visibility at night