67-Year-Old Man Dies After Motorcycle Collision in Orange Walk

A man is dead following a road traffic incident in the Orange Walk District on Saturday. Police say that at 10:00 a.m. 67-year-old Fermin Lobo was driving his Lifan motorcycle on the Otro Benque Road headed in the direction of Trial Farm Village when he collided with the rear left side of a metal carrier on a Meilun Tricycle. Lobo was flung from the motorcycle and sustained what were initially believed to be minor injuries. However, he died at the hospital shortly after. His death was certified by a doctor at 10:22 a.m. Assistant Commissioner of Police Hilberto Romero says that police have since opened a manslaughter by negligence investigation against, 26-year-old Hugo Vasquez, the driver of the tricycle.

Romero says that police do not know if alcohol consumption played a role in the incident.

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