UPDATE: Police investigate fatal accident in Layou

Scene of the accident

Police have started an investigation into a traffic accident which left one man dead on Wednesday, July 11, 2018.

The accident which left Sam Thomas, 42, dead took place at around 4:20 pm at Layou in the St. Joseph district.

Police PRO, Inspector Simon Edwards, explained that Davidson Riviere, 52, of St. Joseph was driving a truck loaded with cement, accompanied by Thomas as a conductor.

Thomas was sitting on the cement bags at the rear of the vehicle.

“The vehicle was traveling in a northerly direction at a hill on the road leading to the Hillsborough Garden Housing Scheme when it lost power, went out of control and overturned on the road, trapping Sam Thomas between the truck and the soil embankment on the road,” Edwards stated.

Thomas was pronounced dead by a medical doctor and his body was transported to the Gentle Rest Funeral Home.

Riviere received no injuries in the accident.

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23 Comments

  1. Tola /dominican
    July 14, 2018

    Neville u are nothing but a jack without an *** accident happens everywhere in every country have u ever travel out of dominica ? Well if u blaming the roads then do something for your country fix them and get some sense in that nonsense head of yours every thing for all u those *** hole is skerrit u have nothing Good to say keep out my condolences to the family of the deceased

  2. Faceup
    July 13, 2018

    The system is so poor that its ok to seat out off trucks / pic-up etc.. Dont care where i live but it is illegal and highly dangerous i say sue the truck company your safety was not applied. Then again in DA who cares..

  3. Eye-opener
    July 13, 2018

    Tbh… That’s nonsense right there. No matter the state of a road,if an accident has to happen, it will! I’m not saying we shouldn’t speak on the negatives you know, but, that’s not the time for that and the road was not the reason for the accident as far as the news was concerned ; it was the truck.

  4. sweett
    July 12, 2018

    R.I.P cuzo ejoy your rest

  5. July 12, 2018

    it was my uncle let him rest in peace im sorry

  6. Anthony P. Ismael Minister of Free Pampers
    July 12, 2018

    When will we establish a proper facility to ensure that all vehicles on the road are road worthy? So many of these vehicles are never serviced according to the manufacturer’s specifications. May his soul rest in peace.

  7. JE
    July 12, 2018

    JE
    RIP to the man who Died and sympathy goes out to his family…
    The truck was overloaded 3 palette of cement was on… we like to overload truck as the driver like to charge a lot of money instead of doing more than 1 drop and people need to stop riding on the back of these loaded truck

  8. Sad
    July 12, 2018

    Garcon… I doh know who the person is. But my heart hurt me. What a horrible death. May his soul rest in peace. Condolences to the family. Alas :cry:

  9. Local police
    July 12, 2018

    Rest easy padna

  10. marie-claire R Skerrit
    July 12, 2018

    OH lord praying for the family of the one whose life was lost. RIP

  11. Ibo France
    July 12, 2018

    It’s most unfortunate to lose your life in this manner. Profound sympathy to all the relatives, friends and acquaintances of the dearly departed. May the profuse pouring of love and kindness from the community ease your pain in your time of bereavement.

  12. jin
    July 12, 2018

    so sorry to hear,ailas everybody trying to make a dollar but we still need to be cautious,

  13. Food
    July 12, 2018

    It have a spirit on the road mn?

  14. jamie
    July 12, 2018

    May this young man soul rest in peace,Dominica has no laws,Skerrit is making his own laws to keep citizens from protesting,this truck was overloaded with cement,and to those heartless people,a man is crushed to his death,and the horrific pictures are being circulated on social media,Skerrit this is the law you need to enact,But this once beloved country has gone to the devil.

    Willet Ryan

    • GEMM
      July 12, 2018

      Willet stop being an idiot. What does Skerrit have to do with this. I always knew you were senseless!

    • penny
      July 12, 2018

      Skerrit always have to be involved in something. SMH. Say RIP and move on!!

  15. mine
    July 12, 2018

    Sorry for the fatality may you RIP. I hope the truck wasn’t overloaded.

  16. Noitall
    July 12, 2018

    So all accidents in dominica voitee shal v way huh

  17. Neville
    July 12, 2018

    Look at the state of this road. OMG but the continue voting for THEIR PM!

    • Concerned
      July 12, 2018

      Families are hurting and this is the best you can do, what a shame. You sick people put politics in every situation. One has to be of a sick mind to be so insensitive.

      • Neville
        July 12, 2018

        You do your thing, I do mine. Who do you think you are??? Have you ever considered that this and other accidents might not have happened if the roads were not in such a deplorable state. Spare me your fake sympathy!

      • DA fails
        July 12, 2018

        @Neville tell them that again! Fake love a lot of them does give, just like de fake attention they prime minister giving de country

    • Da Girl
      July 13, 2018

      The article said that the truck lost power….which part of the road can you see in the pic that is in deplorable condition? I take deplorable to mean that the road is barely passable, filled with ‘ravines’ etc. From what I see from the pic the road is a concrete and continues up and around the corner with no holes in sight. My issue here is that there is supposed to be some law on the books which prohibits persons from riding in the back of pick-ups etc, and it needs to be enforced. That man should never have been on top of those bags. Driver escaped without a scratch and the poor man dead. May he RIP

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