22-year-old ran over by 18-wheeler

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Shon Dee Emmanuel

Shon Dee Emmanuel, a 22-year-old Resident of Hope Creek Village in the Stann Creek District lost his life last weekend in a road traffic accident. The man who hit him is reportedly a fellow villager as well.
Police say that on Friday, March 20, at around 1:35 p.m., they went to an area about three-quarter miles off the Stann Creek Valley Road near to the Marie Sharp Pepper Factory. They responded to an emergency call, and when they arrived at the location, they found a blue freight-liner truck. Right next to it was a damaged bicycle, and the body of a man later identified as Emmanuel.
Initial investigation has so far revealed that that 29-year-old Daren Castillo, a truck driver from Hope Creek, was the person driving the freightliner. He was traveling on the Melinda Road when he realized that the truck hit someone. Emmanuel was reportedly riding his bike, on the way to work, when he collided into the vehicle.
Castillo told police that he passed Emmanuel, who was coming from the opposite direction. He said that Emmanuel’s bicycle ran into the back wheels of the 10-wheeler truck, and he was run over by those wheels. Emmanuel suffered severe head and body injuries from the accident, and he died at the scene.
Police have since served Darren Castillo with a notice of intended prosecution, and blood and urine samples have been obtained from him for testing.
Reports to the press are that Emmanuel’s mother has alerted investigators to the possibility that he suffered from mental illness.
There is currently no determination yet about which of these two men caused the accident which has ended Emmanuel’s life abruptly. A determination of that issue is outstanding, and that outcome could play a critical role in whether or not Castillo is charged with criminal offenses for this accident.