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An expert in collisions yesterday maintained that a van at least partially in the wrong lane caused the death of a teenager.
Glenn Luben, a traffic collision investigator from Florida, said he had not been provided with toxicology results before he w...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermudian authorities have joined in a search for two American sailors who were reported missing in the Atlantic.
Yanni Nikopoulos and Gale Jones, both 65, set out from Virginia on June 8 with plans to sail to the Azores and then Greece, but they con...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A US traffic collision expert told the Supreme Court that he believed a teenager who died in a collision four years ago was struck by an incoming van in her lane.
Glenn Luben, a veteran traffic collision and traffic homicide investigator from Florida...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A group dedicated to tackle air pollution has launched an island-wide survey to help understand how the use of heavy fuel oil impacts the public.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Clean Air Coalition said it is hoped the results of the online survey would ...
DATE: Jun 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An officer who investigated the crash that took the life of Je-Naya Simmons said he believed the evidence put the teenager in the wrong lane when the collision occurred.
Sergeant Olasunkanmi Akinmola, a police traffic collision expert, said he “stron...
DATE: Jun 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Electric buses have helped to cut the number of bus cancellations since their introduction in February, according to the Government.
Lawrence Scott, the Minister of Transport, told the House of Assembly that the bus service had “turned the corner”, t...
DATE: Jun 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A witness told the Supreme Court that she saw a silver van turn off its headlights moments before she came across the body of teenager Jen-Naya Simmons.
Juanae Burchall said that while she was in shock trying to help the young woman, she saw the same...
DATE: Jun 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An environmentalist from the Isle of Man is set to speak in Bermuda next week about efforts to safeguard the territory’s environment.
Bill Dale, founder of Beach Buddies, will take to the stage at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute on June ...
DATE: Jun 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The friend of a teenager who died in a traffic collision maintained yesterday that she steered to avoid an oncoming van before she noticed that her friend was missing.
Jada Simmons-Trott said that while she would not have struck the van if she had no...
DATE: Jun 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Rules governing who can donate blood on the island could soon change as international standards shift.
While restrictions have been in place to block those who were in Britain during outbreaks of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, commonly known as m...
DATE: Jun 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes