The Bermuda College has denied media reports they were aware of cracks in the retaining wall and road which caved in on Wednesday, killing young mother Andrea Bacari.

Meanwhile, Government's Work and Engineering Minister told The Royal Gazette Police now considering the site of the fatal landslide "a crime scene".

Mrs. Bacari died in her car when the road and embankment on the border with the neighbouring Elbow Beach Hotel collapsed on to the western visitors parking lot at the College.

College Director of Communications Evelyn James Barnett said extensive inquiries had been made to department heads, including Director of Operations and Security, to find out who they what.

She said: "The Acting General Manager of the Stonington Beach Hotel has also been contacted - all of whom provided assurances that no information had been received from any sources about either cracks in the wall or proposed meetings involving the condition of the road of the adjoining property."

Elbow Beach has admitted concerns were raised about cracks in the service road on Tuesday afternoon while engineers met first thing on Wednesday to discuss the situation. The road gave way at 10 a.m. that day, killing one person and crushing eight cars.

The road had seen heavy activity, as construction trucks serviced the building of a waste water treatment plant.

Yesterday, Elbow Beach was staying tight-lipped about the situation and said it was a matter for their insurers. The hotel would not provide the name of the insurers.

Spokeswoman Kendaree Burgess-Fairn was asked if trucks had gone down the road that morning. She said: "It's highly likely."

Yesterday, architect Doug Backeberg, who designed the Bermuda College, said he had checked out plans and drawings of the site since Wednesday's tragedy.

He said he remember seeing the wall on the property being there when Bermuda College bought the Frithhome Gardens site. It appeared on the original survey years before work began.

"Never did anyone suggest it was a Bermuda College wall. I would venture to say that the wall was built by the Frith family in the early days. We never touched the wall during construction. We didn't excavate around the boundary."

Works and Engineering Minister Alex Scott said the Police were running the investigation with help from Government.

He said: "Inspector Crockwell calls it a crime scene.

"I don't know what Elbow Beach knew and when they knew it.

"It appears from the comments which appeared in the media that they were aware of engineering and structural concerns on their property, the suggestions that cracks had appeared in the road."

Mr. Scott said he was pleasantly surprised by the hotel's candour on the situation.

"It's to be welcomed if she's prepared to put on record the fact that engineers were concerned as recently as hours before yesterday's events.

"It's certainly a matter for the Police."

He said early plans and drawing which predated the College showed the wall had been put in a sandy pocket and was in place before the college got there.

"It could have been there for quite some time. The road was laid on top of that material. The material as we saw yesterday could be what concerns the Elbow Beach engineers. That is if it becomes somewhat unstable, if you see cracks."

The College said Police were set to wrap up on-site investigations within the next few days and classes would resume on Monday.

Engineers had also given College buildings near to the landslide a clean bill of health after checking them out for structural defects.