Businessman Served With NIP After Crash That Killed Police Constable

The road traffic incident involving businessman Kris Rosado remains under active investigation following the fatality that claimed the life of Police Constable Arcenio Cus. The incident occurred early Monday morning as PC Cus was reportedly making his way from the Ladyville Police Station to Belize City. According to preliminary reports, Cus was riding a motorcycle when it was clipped by a black SUV between Miles 6 and 7 on the Philip Goldson Highway. The impact caused him to lose control of the bike, resulting in a crash that took his life. On Monday, Kris Rosado turned himself in to police and identified himself as the driver of the SUV involved in the incident. He was initially detained but has since been released from police custody. However, authorities have served him with a Notice of Intended Prosecution (NIP) as investigations continue. Yesterday, Commissioner of Police Dr. Anthony Rosado spoke to the media and took the opportunity to publicly express condolences to the family of Constable Cus, who served with the Belize Police Department.

Dr. Richard Rosado, Commissioner of Police: “There’s a number of offenses that have been committed when the fatal accident occurred and our investigators are trying to gather as much evidence to lay all possible charges against the individual. It’s so sad we spoke to him a few days before because we were doing the tour there and he did mention to us that he had nineteen years as a police officer. He was a supervisor of one of the relief. From what we were brief from the commander he was a hard working police officer, humble and he was looking forward to the next elevation in his rank and we were looking at that but it’s just so sad that the incident occurred and I want to give the condolences to the family because it affects not only the family but also the colleagues, the police officers that worked with him. While our police officers are most of them that work in Belize district are from other districts, the department has tried as best as possible to facilitate their mode of transportation. In some cases I know that some of out officers do travel on motorcycle but that’s their chosen mode of transportation and like any other Belizeans they rely on it.” 

Ladyville police are still gathering evidence and statements to determine whether formal charges will be brought against Rosado.