One person injured in car accident at Loubiere

Motor car hangs precariously off Loubiere bridge following accident

One person was injured as a result of an accident which occurred during the earlier hours of Saturday morning at Loubiere.

DNO was informed that motor car registration # TK145 driven by Dominica’s 2012 Olympic Coach, Joel Hamilton, was traveling towards Roseau when it crashed into a bridge just outside the Loubiere Catholic chapel.

Reports are that a female passenger on the car was injured in the accident and had to be taken to the Princess Margaret Hospital.

Dominica News Online was not able to determine the extent of the passenger’s injuries.

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125 Comments

  1. Anonymous
    September 6, 2012

    Mr again, he likes people’s thing to much, he must get his own, and he has so much style with what does not belong to him.

  2. BACKCHAT
    September 5, 2012

    IT GOOD FOR HIM NOT LETTIN THE GURL RUN

  3. tie toe
    September 3, 2012

    but i just watching the picture again and i now realising that in the first picture the car is in the corner of a green house and in the other two pictures the car is in the corner of an orange house

    • Anonymous
      September 4, 2012

      Orange house at the front, green house at the back. D/cans need to open yall eyes.

    • ???????????????????????
      July 26, 2019

      Hilarious! Really! Now I reading tie toe comment. HAHAHAHAH! tie toe one piecture is taken from the northern end and the other taken from the southern end hence the angle taken shows the different houses. Look at the second picture and you can see the orange house too infront. HAHAHAHA You see also the front and back of the car and the bridge is more visible in one picture. HAHAHAHAHAHA look jokes for Jeff to announce.

      I really see now how much nonesense that is being spoken.

  4. Dominican in NYC
    September 3, 2012

    Now am curious, was he drinking and driving?? That is one major issue that I saw on my visit last year. I pray that that was not the case. Because its a miracle that there’s not more accidents occuring. But thank God.

  5. Lol
    September 3, 2012

    Making love when driving is really risky!
    :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

  6. Truth!
    September 3, 2012

    When people like people thing, that’s what happens! Mister like people thing too much. He like people for what they have. He using the girl for her ride. God don’t like ugly!

    • Resident
      September 6, 2012

      STUPESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!! How can he be using he for her ride? Theyve been together for years and she didnt have ride. You Dominicans must think before you all speak.

      • untamed
        September 9, 2012

        That’s exactly what he using her for …Her and she not even seeing that…i guess she blind or fooling herself!!!!!

  7. just looking
    September 3, 2012

    pack mista pack dat man??

  8. dhestini
    September 3, 2012

    hmmm…insurance scam gone wrong? #justsaying

  9. Query
    September 3, 2012

    It is interesting to read how Dominicans think of every ROAD ACCIDENT. It is called an ACCIDENT and with that anything could have been the cause. But why think negative first? If it were someone you knew in the situation most would have rebutted to the negative comments by saying “if you all don’t know the facts, don’t comment”!! Be more mature folks – it can happen to any one at any time and many times not purposely done!!

    Hope that no serious injuries were sustained.

  10. sad
    September 3, 2012

    i thank god it was nothing serious and mo one died :-P

  11. hells bells
    September 3, 2012

    what i wanna know is how come my comment was deleted when i posted what i saw about another accident..tiny coments seem to make headlines when all she does is write bull,,,, but i guess her comments keeps ratings up…

  12. Not Nice
    September 3, 2012

    what the girl was giving him was well nice. the relaxation of the muscles made him lose control and….. bam! car right off!

    • budman
      September 3, 2012

      i agree.

  13. September 3, 2012

    Can DNO give its readers some statistics such as how many road accidents and fatalities have occurred for the year.

    Where there any eye or ear witnesses to the crash?
    Did you attempt to interview the driver?, or speak to the PMH administrator or the police inspector in charge of traffic.

    Did you attempt to speak with any of the relatives for their reaction.

    A few days ago I called for a lobby group to be formed to address these frequent vehicular road accidents. Has any move been done in that regard?

    I am very concerned with what is happening with our drivers in Dominica, and the way that DNO reports on current affairs in Domincia.

    • ME
      September 3, 2012

      this is true, DNO, it’s not ok to write a story based on pictures and assumptions. dominicans have very wild imagination and don’t hesitate to make their own story when the information is so vague

  14. Really?
    September 2, 2012

    In life, what goes around comes back around! I guess thee evil that men do live with them.

  15. hell'Bells
    September 2, 2012

    Drivers need to be carefull,speeding and not paying attention can be a deadly combination..on my way to town,just after coulibistri,this guy driving like crazy,wanting to overtake with oncoming triffic,i pulled over and let him pass,litterally 3minutes up the hill,he collided with another vehicle,i saw the injured laying on the road blood everywhere,…2 ambulances and one fire truck later and he was still there…speed gets u nowhere fast…

  16. Francisco Telemaque
    September 2, 2012

    What is so strange; funny, or extraordinary about some piece junk car running off the road?

    People are talking about pray to God and all that; people get into accident everyday, sometimes people die and the accident does not even make the news.

    The silly thing about this one it appears to be two separate incidents, one next to a pile of stack concrete blocks, and another in front of another pile of pink stacked concrete blocks.

    Perhaps the drive was drunken and ran off the road, or perhaps got distracted by a crab crossing the road, that’s a silly looking accident anyway.

    That should not even be in the news!

    FET.

    • ???????????????????
      July 26, 2019

      Francisco you too! I am forever laughing about the comment! Hear you -“The silly thing about this one it appears to be two separate incidents, one next to a pile of stack concrete blocks, and another in front of another pile of pink stacked concrete blocks.”

      Francisco really hilarious! I am only reading this comment now . Francisco look at the pictures again. Look at the bridge in yellow! Look at the car! One pic is taken from the back – the south! The other is taken from the north – the front of the car. One does not need a degree to see is the same accident with the picture taken from different angle.

      You amuse me guy – please take this as a need to look well before commenting. Now wonder u always looking to oppose. You like an Opposition leader! HAHAHAHAHA I have one on you.

  17. Justice and Truth
    September 2, 2012

    An Olympic Coach? Is this a coincidence? The car looks like it almost went down in what I will term as a precipice, be it that it is a yard of a house. Fortunate for them it was a miss. I hope his passenger was not badly hurt and will soon recover of her injuries. I wonder if both of them wore a seat belt.
    One has to question what happened to cause the vehicle to go off the road. A few factors could cause that. The road appears to be a bit rocky. Could it be the vehicle malfunctioned? Wash he tired, sleepy or distracted? The investigation will determine the cause of the accident.

  18. Anonymous
    September 2, 2012

    cutting so much vary and is not even his car…never see come see…always in foolish accidents. smh

  19. En Ba La
    September 2, 2012

    DNO what is up with the photos – I have read the article now I am focusing on the photos.

    It is the same accident same car but two different sets of photos what is up with this cropping?

    • ???????????????????????????????
      July 26, 2019

      En Ba La – The first picture is taken accross the road – East north after the bridge. The second one is taken from the back of the car – south of the bridge. The third picture is also taken from the back of the car (south) but the camera takes the full Road. The Headline picture was taken from the bridge end (North) front of the car with emphasis on the river bed below (close up from the pavement of the orange house in the north). Look again can u not see the bridge in all the pictures?

  20. tiny
    September 2, 2012

    you all can thumbs down all you want…they should not have allowed people to build by the bay side….i cant go to enjoy a swim without being in someones yard then…

    skerries you need to buy back property in certain areas close to the sea and river

    all the beach where properties are already privately owned and no building have been built yet..please by back several acres of land immediatel/ next to the beach so people can have picnics

    • tiny
      September 2, 2012

      immediately after

    • Pensive
      September 4, 2012

      There is plenty of land up the road from there and I never see anybody having picnics up there

  21. Anthony P. Ismael
    September 2, 2012

    We need to add guard rails to bridges to help protect drivers when these accidents occur. It’s very easy to comment without knowing the facts. Accidents do happen, that’s why they’re called accidents.

    • ME
      September 3, 2012

      that’s exactlyt what I was thinking…an accident

  22. Andrea
    September 2, 2012

    Now look what the bridge done caused?

  23. tiny
    September 2, 2012

    all those houses that are build by the bay side…i want a hurricane to pass with very strong sea waves and dig the foundation of the houses so bad that the houses would crumble ….over

    anchorage hotel should remain because it is a business……………………

    • Voice from the North
      September 2, 2012

      What do those houses have to do with the accident. The driver should have been more cautious

    • Bagay wed
      September 2, 2012

      DNO zort ca domir man. Why didn’t you guys hide tbis comment from Tiny.

    • dutty cup
      September 2, 2012

      stop drinking and driveing my people.

    • concern
      September 2, 2012

      the houses have nothing to do with the accident..the road is extremely narrow, hence the drivers should be more cautious.

    • mete veye
      September 2, 2012

      tiny…you are just like your brain….T.I.N.Y…smh

    • Justice and Truth
      September 2, 2012

      @ tiny

      You did not utilize your common sense. The road looks wide enough. How much more road did the driver need in order to drive safely?

    • baffled
      September 2, 2012

      Tht is so ignorant! Omg I canna believe someone is that stupid! Would it hve prevented this accident

    • Anonymous
      September 3, 2012

      children living in these houses n see what u wishin, ur dam fool, u would like if somebody say they wish wind take your cardboard box and throw it away, your foolish b*&%h. what dat have to do with the accident uh?? stupid dam a&%! u cannot even afford to have the smallest house dere but u want to open ur waste of a face whole!!!! i never see stupidity like tht yet…

    • I Fachay!!!
      September 3, 2012

      children living in these houses n see what u wishin, ur dam fool, u would like if somebody say they wish wind take your cardboard box and throw it away, your foolish b*&%h. what dat have to do with the accident uh?? stupid dam a&%! u cannot even afford to have the smallest house dere but u want to open ur waste of a face whole!!!! i never see stupidity like tht yet…

    • Dominica 101
      September 3, 2012

      @ tiny
      :lol: its so ridiculous its funny
      Only an idiot would think so backward FOOL!!!!!!!
      people like u need some psychological HELP

  24. marigot dog
    September 2, 2012

    pray to god she alright

  25. hmmm
    September 2, 2012

    is it really possible to crash in that area? this guy was definitely having a nap!!

  26. Anonymous
    September 2, 2012

    I hope he is ok and his friend life is not life threatening.

  27. Humility
    September 2, 2012

    Thank God for His Grace!! The Grace of the Almighty Father!! Someone is praying for you Joel!! Delivered you from the one who come to kill, steal and destroy.

  28. Anonymous
    September 2, 2012

    THAT DRIVER MUST HAVE BEEN DRUNK, :twisted:

    • DOMINICAN
      September 3, 2012

      drunk is the only thing you can think of? poeple get sick at any given time , man made that car something can go wrong with it at anytime too and so many other reasons;

  29. da real hmm
    September 1, 2012

    nice pics dno

  30. Anonymous
    September 1, 2012

    Why are u all not taking ur time to drive on the road? The faster u drive the harder the crash

  31. counselor
    September 1, 2012

    Unless something mechanical was wrong with the vehicle,or you were fell asleep, or was drunk you should never have a crash like this. He needs to retake his driving test, stop traveling so late without sleep ,or stop drinking, because the next time he might kill someone. He should retake his driving test.

  32. Anonymous
    September 1, 2012

    When fame go in ur head c wat u can do

    • ME
      September 3, 2012

      stupid

  33. Annoyed
    September 1, 2012

    Well sah that person was drunk! SMH

  34. observant
    September 1, 2012

    Hope all is well with the passenger who got hurt. Nothing serious I hope.

  35. concern
    September 1, 2012

    i hope the female passenger is ok

  36. me1
    September 1, 2012

    partner fall asleep man ?

  37. me
    September 1, 2012

    8.25 for presentation and execustion

    • Anonymous
      September 3, 2012

      0.1 for you for poor spelling.

  38. anonymous
    September 1, 2012

    dat person driving was blind man. smh

  39. Anonymous
    September 1, 2012

    joe i hope things fine

  40. me
    September 1, 2012

    Sorry thank God no one die’d

  41. September 1, 2012

    PEOPLE MUST TAKE THEIR TIME TO DRIVE

  42. Anonymous
    September 1, 2012

    People no comment

  43. Sue
    September 1, 2012

    How fast was he going.. looks like pretty clear road to me. Was he under the… well nah.. not in Dominica.

  44. DominicaFirst
    September 1, 2012

    Mazda never put good brakes on those cars.. :wink:

  45. I & I
    September 1, 2012

    Good parking,completely off the road

    • Andrea
      September 2, 2012

      I agree with you. It must have been a parking.

    • MIB
      September 2, 2012

      That;s not a laughing matter but LMAO at your comment anyway.

  46. LOUBIERE
    September 1, 2012

    the man was sleepin maybe

    they come and carry the transport go hear the girl

    that happen since 6:26

    “mammy my car” 8-O

    wft :lol:

  47. Torre
    September 1, 2012

    I am hoping everyone involved are doing ok and if any injuries, they are not life threatening. Keep safe people.

  48. cynical
    September 1, 2012

    HOPE HE WASNT DRINKING AND DRIVING? OR BETTER YET BBING AND DRIVING

  49. trolol
    September 1, 2012

    See how mista nearly go down there, LOL. First time i see accidents so.
    #FAIL

  50. joeblo
    September 1, 2012

    That’s what you call kissing the left side of the road.

  51. Simplicity
    September 1, 2012

    How he end up there.

  52. warma
    September 1, 2012

    “..was traveling towards Roseau when it collided with a bridge..” – judging by those pictures, I would suspect the bridge swerved into the path of his car and there was no way for him to avoid the collision…sad, and unfortunate as well

    • R
      September 2, 2012

      :lol: :lol:

    • lmao
      September 3, 2012

      hahahahhahhahhahahahahahahhahahahahaa!!!!

  53. :(
    September 1, 2012

    papa i feeling sooo sorry bad drivers in domninica man

  54. strange
    September 1, 2012

    mr was drunk man. c how d car parked itself? no man is either mr was drunk or he n d woman were having sex and he 4got his foot was on the gas.BOOM!

  55. really?
    September 1, 2012

    papa i feeling sorry for the person domninicans doesnt take their time to drive anyway take care hope u feel better

  56. wow
    September 1, 2012

    drivers take allu time on di road, drive with caution, sombody walkin cudda get hurt in dat too.

  57. Anonymous
    September 1, 2012

    hmph

  58. September 1, 2012

    i guess he was coaching the female passenger and not paying attention..too funny..he gets the coaching title of the year lol lol :mrgreen:

  59. triple-e
    September 1, 2012

    how dat person jam there :?:

  60. jah
    September 1, 2012

    OMG, dis feller here lucky, Wow wow wow, hope he is ok

  61. Anonymous
    September 1, 2012

    The pics are very confusing. One time the car is next to a green house then a peach house, how many accidents were there with the same car?

    • ideal
      September 2, 2012

      the peach house is at the front, the green at the back just look at the direction the pis were taken

  62. September 1, 2012

    Hope that the female injuries are not serious/life threatening

    Bro I am wondering where your hands were, as far as i can see they were not where they suppose to be, that is on the staring wheel

    Looking at the pictures this was caused by some distraction, cellphone, not paying attention, hand not suppose to be where it was at the time of the accident, fatigue. If this accidents is due to a medical problem I can understand, but looking at the pictures, your eyes and hands were somewhere else

  63. Anonymous
    September 1, 2012

    sorry joe

  64. YOUR PARTNER
    September 1, 2012

    Joe I tired one you boy :lol: . You should have been resting at that time already. Anyways bro, D sewo was good. Thanks God you all are ok

    • Really?
      September 2, 2012

      Drinking and driving is mo laughing matter!

  65. sayodityodit
    September 1, 2012

    Papa! Trying to figure out how the car ended up in that position. Hope the injured person is doing ok.

  66. (.) (.)
    September 1, 2012

    It collided with a bridge huh. Or crashed into a bridge. AND, DON’T EVEN THINK OF RESPONDING

  67. marijuana head
    September 1, 2012

    dno saying is joel that was driving so why the woman saying is she that was driving,and is he same joel that right off her fada van red gully but hope nothing much happen to her

    • Anonymous
      September 2, 2012

      I guess he not on her insurance, so she have to say it was she driving.

    • rolling eyes
      September 4, 2012

      oh yah! she have dat sad story giving ppl about is she dat was driving…so sad eh…but ppl will do and say just about anything those days….i work in the same area with her and thats wat folks are saying…hmph! get ur story str* my girl cuz doe fink First Domestic not reading DNO and if some ppl know rest assured alot more knows too!

  68. Anonymous
    September 1, 2012

    so long i see de girl driving her car

    • Port
      September 3, 2012

      U damn lie! Joel dat always have d car! He drops her work and den goes!

  69. Pointe Loubie
    September 1, 2012

    There is a lot to thank God for. I have had a similar experience , since then I know how to appreciate sleep.

  70. September 1, 2012

    How d coach reach at that very wide margin of error?

  71. tiny
    September 1, 2012

    i bet they were making love when that happened..driver was very distracted

  72. tiny
    September 1, 2012

    all those houses that are build by the bay side…i want a hurricane to pass with very strong sea waves and dig the foundation of the houses so bad that the houses would crumble ….over

    anchorage hotel should remain because it is a business….

    • Brain DAMAGE
      September 2, 2012

      Tiny our child “Big” should be living there so that you would think differently.

  73. concern
    September 1, 2012

    i wonder if shannz was on board and if so how is she doing

    • Peeping Tom
      September 2, 2012

      WoW! You mean, you care so much for «shannz» that you are on DNO putting her business outside….«dayklawaying» her?!

      SMH!

  74. mee
    September 1, 2012

    but how Mr end up there? look how the road large!!!!!!!!!!!

    Hope everyone is ok

  75. AB
    September 1, 2012

    But Joel wasnt seeing the road man! Im happy it was not worse. God is good,

  76. M
    September 1, 2012

    Right outside my church..Thank God the bridge was there to stop it from going down

  77. powil pa
    September 1, 2012

    smh… but how our drivers believe they can fly so ner?

  78. tie toe
    September 1, 2012

    it could have been fatally different. rest assure that god was watching over you my dear

  79. Just Saying
    September 1, 2012

    He and the bridge had issues man…

  80. Copycat
    September 1, 2012

    Papa met, boy Joe, who is that woman and what happen?You were sleeping on the wheel man?

  81. Satelite
    September 1, 2012

    I guess this accident may have been caused by some sort of argument between the two, something went wrong inside this vehicle.

    • (.) (.)
      September 2, 2012

      They were smooching

  82. Tiger
    September 1, 2012

    Fell asleep at the wheel?

  83. back again
    September 1, 2012

    he wasn’t seein the road man.. or he fell asleep behind the wheel, was very lucky the bridge was there

  84. En Ba La
    September 1, 2012

    DNO read your 4th paragraph: “…passenger on the car…”

    HUH!!!! 8-O

    • Tom
      September 2, 2012

      what wrong with the 4th paragraph? wasn’t there a passenger?

      • LawieBawie
        September 3, 2012

        Passengers are usually “in” a car, not “on” a car.

  85. Bagay wed
    September 1, 2012

    “Dominica Olympic coach” LMAO.

  86. concern child
    September 1, 2012

    Park and sleep next time. 5 minutes of sleep = no accident= no injuries = car intact for further use. 8)

  87. Very concerned
    September 1, 2012

    What’s the news on this one? The owner, the injured or the car?

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