On Friday August 13th in the morning, at approximately 08.30 a.m. the Police Traffic Department was directed to the Airport Boulevard at the end of the runway to investigate a traffic accident in which persons were injured.
On the scene the investigating officer noticed that it was a collision between two vehicles namely a white Hyundai Accent with license plate 431ZBE971 and a white Hyundai Atos with license plate M-3319. The cause of the accident was that the driver of the Hyundai Accent at the time of the impact was driving on left-side of the road causing a head-on collision with the oncoming traffic. The Hyundai Atos came to rest on the left side of the road, while the Hyundai Accent remained in the middle of the road. As a result of the severe impact both vehicles suffered severe material damage. The right leg of driver of the Hyundai Accent remained stuck between the seat and the body of the vehicle. The Fire Department was called in to assist in helping remove the victim from the wreckage. The driver of the Hyundai Atos suffered a cut to his his right knee and several other minor cuts to his face, due to fact fact that at the time of the accident he was not wearing his seat-belt. Both victims were treated on the spot by paramedics and then transported to the Sint Maarten Medical Center for further treatment. Both vehicles were were towed from the scene by a towing company.