CHRISTIANSTED — An 88-year-old man was killed in a crash in Estate Pearl on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
Matthew Telesford, was positively identified by a family member as the accident victim, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
The case began at 4:26 p.m., when a 911 emergency dispatcher directed a traffic officer to a two-vehicle collision on Southside Road (Route 62) near H & H Tire and Battery, according to the VIPD.
At the accident scene, responding officers observed a blue Chevy Colorado on the property of the Bethel Deliverance Center Church with the driver slumped over and unresponsive, police said.