Security Guard Dies in George Price Highway Crash

A thirty-year-old security guard from the Cayo District has become the latest victim of a fatal road traffic accident on the George Price Highway.  On Friday, June 5, at approximately 6:45 a.m., police responded to reports of a traffic accident at Mile 72 on the George Price Highway in the San Ignacio area. Upon arrival, officers discovered a damaged red and black 2013 Meilun ML 200 motorcycle inside a private property adjacent to the highway.  A short distance away, police found the motionless body of a Hispanic male in a roadside drain. The deceased was later identified as thirty-year-old Belizean security guard Geromey Rene Chuc.

Investigators observed that Chuc had sustained a large open wound to the right side of his head, along with multiple injuries to his face, indicating the severity of the impact.

Stacy Smith, Assistant Superintendent of Police: “Friday 5th June at around 6:45 am police in Kontiki were advised that the body of a male person and an extensively damaged motorcycle were observed off road in the vicinity of Mile 72 on the George Price Highway. The officers responded , they were able to confirm this report and subsequently learned the identity of the deceased male person to be 30 year old Jereme Chuc, a Belizean security guard of Benque Viejo Town. The scene was processed as a part of the ongoing investigation into this incident.”

Chuc was officially pronounced dead by Dr. John Lisbey at 9:02 that morning./