One person has died and another was hospitalized following a head-on collision between a motorcycle and an SUV Wednesday night on Southside Road on St. Croix, the V.I. Police Department reported.
A preliminary investigation revealed that a white Ford Explorer was eastbound on Southside Road in the vicinity of Catherine’s Rest Road around 7:06 p.m. when a black Harley Davidson Road Glide motorcycle traveling west entered the eastbound lane and collided head-on with the SUV, police said.
Both drivers were transported via ambulance to the Juan F. Luis Hospital Emergency Room, however the operator of the motorcycle died of his injuries, according to the report.
Next of kin positively identified the victim as Harold Bruce Mays II, 52.
The case remains under investigation by the VIPD Traffic Investigation Bureau, St. Croix District.
