St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands – On Monday, April 28, 2025, at approximately 5:47 p.m., the Virgin Islands Territorial Management Agency (VITEMA) 9-1-1 Emergency Call Center dispatched an Officer to investigate a fatal auto collision involving a motor vehicle and a motor scooter.
Upon the Officer’s arrival at the scene, contact was made with witnesses, and the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident. The operator of the vehicle involved was traveling eastward on Donoe Bypass Road, while the operator of the scooter (deceased) was traveling westward behind another vehicle.
It was reported that the operator of the scooter was traveling at a high rate of speed when he began to overtake the vehicle and veered into the eastbound lane, however, he failed to maintain control of the scooter and collided into the vehicle that was traveling eastbound, which caused him to be thrown off the scooter.
The deceased was positively identified by next of kin as 24-year-old, Rick Quan D. James.
