A 24-year-old man was killed Monday evening on St. Thomas in a head-on collision on Donoe Bypass Road, the Virgin Islands Police Department reported.
According to the VIPD police report, the crash occurred at approximately 5:47 p.m. The VITEMA 911 Emergency Call Center dispatched an officer to respond to a reported collision involving a motor scooter and a vehicle.
Witnesses told police that the scooter operator, later identified by next of kin as Rick Quan D. James, was heading westbound behind another vehicle when he attempted to overtake it at a high rate of speed. During the maneuver, James crossed into the eastbound lane and collided with an oncoming vehicle. He was thrown from the scooter on impact, the police report stated.
The driver of the eastbound vehicle remained on the scene and spoke with responding officers, the report stated.
The case remains under investigation.
