Vehicle crash on St. Croix leaves 70-year-old man with serious injuries

KINGSHILL — A vehicle crash on St. Croix has left a 70-year-old driver clinging to life with horrifying injuries, authorities said.

The incident occurred at around 11:58 a.m. June 8, when 911 received a call about a one-car crash with major injuries on the southern shoulder of the westbound lane in the area of William D. Roebuck Industrial Park, VIPD Communications Director Glen Dratte said.

When officers arrived, members of the Virgin Islands Fire and Emergency Medical Services informed them that the victim “was in the driver’s seat of the vehicle, with a galvanize pipe protruding out of his face,” according to a news release.

The driver was transported to Luis Hospital for treatment, and subsequently flown to the mainland for surgery “with the four feet of pipe that is left in his face,” according to police. Preliminary investigation revealed that the victim was traveling on Highway Route 66 in the right lane at a high rate of speed,” according to police.