Saturday, August 1st, 2015. BMG: A traffic accident last night on the Phillip Goldson Highway resulted in a Belize Defense Force Sergeant being badly injured and hospitalized at the KHMH.
According to reports reaching our news room, Sergeant Shawn Garbutt, who is attached to the Training Company, Service and Support Battalion, was driving a Mahindra Pickup Truck going North around Mile 8, when around 11:30 pm, one of his vehicle’s tires suffered a blowout, causing the Mahindra to overturn multiple times.
Garbutt was transported to the KHMH in an unconscious state but has since regained consciousness although he is still hospitalized.