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A grey 2007 Nissan Note collided into a tree off the eastern edge of the Queen’s highway near the Rock Sound airport on Friday morning, February 22nd, 2019.

(Eleuthera, Bahamas) – Early on Friday morning, February 22nd, 2019, sometime around 5:00am, officers at the Rock Sound Police Station received reports of a traffic accident on Queen’s Highway in the area of the Rock Sound Airport.

Responding officers encountered a grey 2007 Nissan Note which had collided into a tree off the eastern edge of the highway with extensive damage to the front right end. There were two occupants of the vehicle who were both residents of Eleuthera – the driver, 57 year old Reginald Johnson, of Wemyss Bight, was unresponsive, and the front seat passenger, a woman who was conscious, suffering from reported chest pains and lacerations to both legs.

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Vehicle involved in the fatal traffic accident in South Eleuthera on Friday morning, February 22nd, 2019, off Queen’s highway near the Rock Sound airport.

According to reports, initial investigations and witness accounts suggest the vehicle was being driven in a southern direction travelling around a bend on the roadway when, the vehicle swerved suddenly leaving the thoroughfare in an eastern direction colliding into a casaurina tree. The passenger informed officers that after the collision a passing motorist provided assistance.

At 5:30am, while at the Rock Sound Clinic, Dr. Sidney Smith pronounced the driver deceased.  Eleuthera Traffic Section is on scene coordinating investigations into this incident.