Man arrested after fatal collision
A woman riding a motorcycle has lost her life in a collision at the West End.
The rider collided with a car on Somerset Road, near the junction with Clyde Best Lane, Sandys, at about 10.50pm on Thursday.
Police said that it appeared the two vehicles had been travelling in opposite directions.
The male driver of the car was not reported to be injured and has been arrested.
Traffic was diverted at Long Bay Lane and Gilbert Lane while police processed the scene.
The death is the thirteenth on Bermuda’s roads this year.
Anyone who witnessed this collision is asked to call the Roads Policing Unit on 247-1788 or 211.
• January 29: Miguel Butterfield, 40, after a multi-vehicle crash in Southampton
• January 31: Jason Simmons, 38, in a bike crash on Somerset Road, Sandys
• February 20: Arnold Astwood, 50, hit by a truck on South Road, Southampton after his motorcycle crashed
• February 22: Robert C.A. Simmons, whose motorcycle struck a taxi on South Road, Warwick
• May 14: Marco Warren, 29, walking on North Shore Road in Hamilton Parish, whose case is now before the courts
• June 10: Jerry Collantes, 38, riding a motorcycle on North Shore Road near Dock Hill in Devonshire
• June 11: Angela Meyer, 46, a visitor from Canada and a passenger on a rental bike that crashed in Southampton
• June 14: Duane Presti, 69, a US visitor who succumbed to injuries from a June 6 rental bike crash in St George’s
• June 20: Michael Spence-Durrant, 17, in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in Sandys
• June 20: Marvin Dyer, 48, in a motorcycle crash on Southside Road in St George’s
• July 28: Raheem Burgess, 30, in a motorcycle collision with a car in Middle Road, Warwick
• August 28: Kirk Butterfield, 53, in a motorcycle crash on Cavendish Road in Devonshire
• November 9: Unnamed victim in collision with a car on Somerset Road, Sandys
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