Cops probe one-car crash that killed elderly man on St. Croix

Police are investigating a one-car crash on Thursday afternoon in Estate Diamond that days later claimed the life of the driver at the St. Croix hospital.

A Traffic Investigation Bureau police detective was dispatched to a one vehicle automobile collision that occurred on the southern shoulder of Queen Mary Highway (Route 70) in the vicinity of Oriental Bank about 2:29 p.m., the Virgin Islands Police Department said.US Virgin Islands travel guide

Upon arrival at the accident scene, members of EMS Fire were removing the driver from the vehicle because he was too weak to exit the vehicle on his own, according to the VIPD.

The driver was taken to the Juan F. Luis Hospital Emergency Room for medical treatment.

A preliminary investigation revealed that the driver was operating his vehicle heading eastbound on Queen Mary Highway and when he went around the curb in the area just before Oriental Bank he veered to the right, collided with a tree, and damaged several feet of fencing on the southern shoulder of the roadway, police said.