Police are investigating after a St. Croix man died following a single-vehicle accident on Thursday in Christiansted.
According to a report from the V.I. Police Department on Tuesday, Ferdinand Treasure, 85, died at Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital where he was taken following the accident that happened around 2:30 p.m. Thursday in the vicinity of Oriental Bank.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the driver was operating his vehicle heading eastbound on Queen Mary Highway and when he went around the curb in the area just before Oriental Bank he veered to the right, collided with a tree, and damaged several feet of fencing on the southern shoulder of the roadway,” the report states.
Preliminary evidence indicates that Treasure was not wearing a seatbelt, causing his head to hit the windshield, the VIPD said. There were no other occupants in the vehicle.
When officers arrived at the scene, members of Fire and Emergency Medical Services were removing Treasure from the car because he was too weak to exit the vehicle on his own, the VIPD reported, and he was taken to the hospital emergency room.
On Saturday, the Traffic Investigation Bureau became aware of Treasure’s passing “and a family member confirmed that he passed away at the Juan F. Luis Hospital,” according to the report.
A follow-up investigation is being conducted by the bureau to ascertain other pertinent facts in this case, the VIPD said.
