Police say vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed, killing passenger

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ROYAL POLICE FORCE OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Office of Strategic Communications (STRATCOM)

MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Police Investigate Fatal Collision on Friar’s Hill Road

St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda Friday, November 21, 2025.

The Police are investigating a fatal traffic collision that occurred around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday night along Friar’s Hill Road in the vicinity of the Sir Wright F. George Police Training Academy.

The collision involved a silver Audi motor car A7346 and a brown horse.

Preliminary reports indicate that the vehicle was travelling from south to north along Friars Hill Road at a high rate of speed, when it collided with the horse, causing the driver to momentarily lose control. Both the driver and his passenger sustained injuries during the impact.

A 40-year-old male from Hodges Bay, who was a passenger of the vehicle later succumbed to his injuries.The animal also died at the scene.

EMS personnel transported the driver of the vehicle to the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre, where he was treated for head injuries and remains in stable condition. A medical doctor pronounced the man dead 12:54 a.m.

The scene was processed by the Forensic Investigations Unit, and the wrecked vehicle was taken to Police Headquarters. Investigations into the incident are ongoing.

The Police continue to urge all motorists to exercise extreme caution when driving at night and to be mindful of stray animals on the nation’s roadways.

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12 COMMENTS

  1. I understand he should not have been speeding, but why a horse was on a major high way like friars hill road??

  2. Surprise! Surprise! Speed kills. I wonder if Ras I is missing his horse today. We know an animal has no owner when an animal is involved in an accident.
    Condolences to the Family of the deceased.

  3. It baffles me the logic of Antiguans… Did the horse cause the accident or was speeding the contributing cause??? Animals roam our roads daily and nightly we all are aware of this, is it OK? Heck no do we actively lobby to put an end to this tradition? Heck no. But instead of holding each other accountable for wrong actions we find a scapegoat. So now the horse/owner of horse is at fault.

    Im also sick n tired.of.the police with the same rhetoric when they know the daily average of accidents on island and yet still they are not actively on the roads day or night writing tickets for speeding or tailgating etc. Its just madness all around.

  6. I understand the motorist was speeding and it is unfortunate the passenger had to die and not the Driver , however, I’ve seen that same house going down that main road about 4:00am on a different day … I really think any Horse/cow, OWNER, THAT TRAVEL ON THE ROADS WITH THERE ANIMALS SHOULD GET THEM LICENSED and insured.. hear me out 👂… when they travel on the roads with the animals they get familiar with that route so when they are tied and happen to get loose they will go home or GO the same way that they are use to travel … Now why is it okay to be on the roads with a horse/ COW slowing down traffic… we need to put things in place … this is not the house and donkey era ANYMORE ..

  8. Fool an dumbest question I ever seen your acting like the horse is a person an supposed to be in bed

  9. Some yall need to understand logics and pick sense from nonsense. Antigua is not a place know for wild horses, cows, goats, sheep, dog. One animal known as wild around here and it is donkeys. Domestic animals or livestock should be secured, if not the owners should pay the penalties. At no point there should be a cow, horse , dog crossing the high way.

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