The Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force is investigating a fatal road traffic collision which claimed the life of Police Officer Dylan Seraphine of Massacre.
According to a report from Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Inspector Simon Edwards, the incident occurred at 11:00 pm on Thursday on the Edward Oliver Leblanc Highway adjacent to the West Indies Oil Gas Station.
Mr. Edwards stated that, “The collision occurred when car registration number P0890 travelling in a southerly direction on the said highway, went out of control in the corner of Paris Williams and West Indies Oil Gas Station, it ran off the road on the western verge, collided with a parked car registration #PH164 and then slammed at the rear of a parked trailer.”
According to police report, Seraphine sustained severe head injuries and was transported by Personnel of the Fire & Ambulance Services and transported to the Accident and Emergency Department of the Dominica-China Friendship Hospital, where he was attended to, but succumbed to his injuries a few hours later and was officially pronounced dead by a medical doctor.
His body was t transported to the Lynhurst Funeral Home and is awaiting Post-Mortem examination.
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Emonews extends deepest condolences to his family and friends.
