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HomeGeneral NewsSoldier Dies In Car Crash

Soldier Dies In Car Crash

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By Spokesman Editor
Deceased Kechel Pemberton

By: Drizel Hanley

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (Saturday 14th April 2018)- Police are investigating yesterday’s traffic accident which occurred on the outskirts of east Sandy Point leaving a passenger Defence Force Soldier dead and another hospitalized.

Dead is 26-year-old Kechel Pemberton of Sandy Point while driver Kyle Woodley of Newton Ground is injured.

Pemberton was a well-decorated soldier with several accolades under his belt.

The accident occurred along the Island Main Road in the vicinity of Brimstone Hill at around 4:00 P.M.

Police say that the fatal incident involved motor car P9122 owned by Woodley also.

The mashed up vehicle following the crash

According to the authorities, the vehicle was travelling towards Sandy Point when the driver attempted to overtake another vehicle and subsequently collided with a pole.

The vehicle flipped in the air and ejected Pemberton before landing on private property.

The vehicle was totaled as a result of the crash.

Both men were transported to the Joseph N France General Hospital via the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) where Pemberton was pronounced dead and Woodley treated and warded in stable condition.

Emergency Medical Services workers tend to injured soldier

This media house wishes to extend condolences to the family of the deceased including his father James ‘Bunny’ Pemberton of Sandy Point who is an executive member of the St.Kitts-Nevis Trades and Labour Union.

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