Two traffic fatalities happened yesterday and another occurred over the weekend.
According to police, one of the incidents involved 31-year-old Doryle Bastian. His Suzuki motorcycle collided with a Honda Fit vehicle on East Street on Monday shortly after 1 a.m.
Bastian died at the scene.
The driver of the Honda reportedly fled the scene, however police revealed yesterday that they had a man in custody. It was unclear if he was the driver.
Family and friends said Bastian was a family man who cared deeply about his three young children.
"I'd rather be the one laying in the morgue today," the victim's father, Alton Bastian told The Guardian yesterday.
"When you knock someone down, that's a human, not a dog," said the victim's uncle, Bernard Strachan. "They could have stopped to see if he [was] alright."
Police also reported that shortly after 3 a.m. yesterday, a red Mitsubishi Mirage, occupied by a man and a woman, collided into a tree off Carmichael Road heading east.
The driver died at the scene and the passenger received serious injuries and was taken to hospital. Her condition is unknown.
Police are also investigating a traffic fatality that happened on Long Island on Saturday at 2 a.m.
The accident involved a Toyota car that ran into a tree in the Mangrove Bush area.
The 22-year-old male driver was taken to the Deadman's Cay Health Centre where he was pronounced dead.
A team of officers from the Traffic Division on New Providence traveled to Long Island to assist with the investigations.
According to police, a total of 13 traffic fatalities have been recorded for the year so far.

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