Police say they will charge the driver of a Sport Utility Vehicle which hit a pedestrian in an incident captured on video earlier this month.
Head of the police traffic department, Assistant Superintendent Rodney Ellis says the surveillance footage circulating on social media is from an April 1 incident on Market Street.
It shows the moment a female pedestrian attempts to cross the street in slow-moving traffic ahead of a Suzuki Grand Vitara SUV.
The SUV suddenly speeds up, slamming the woman into a silver car.
The 39-year-old woman is seen holding her hip as she goes down to the ground.
Police Traffic Department almost doubles revenue in 2020
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By Orville Williams
While the Covid-19 pandemic stifled economic opportunities for the government and battered its revenue, the Traffic Department of the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda played its part with a revenue return of more than $600,000.
Head of the Traffic Department – Assistant Superintendent Rodney Ellis, disclosed during the RPFAB’s end-of-year press briefing yesterday, that the total revenue return for 2020 was $603,410, compared to $321,310 for 2019. This figure was earned via fines handed down through the Magistrates Court, tickets and/or warrants, lost number plates and other revenue sources.