One Teen Dies, Five Injured In Accident On Melvin Evans Highway in Frederiksted

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Police News, St. Croix News

FREDERIKSTED — A two-car accident on the Melvin Evans Highway left one St. Croix man dead and five others injured.

Naeem Sealey, 19, was killed when the blue Nissan Altima he was driving collided with a brown Toyota Corolla near Paradise Road  about 8:21 p.m. on Sunday.

Four people in the Corolla were injured, including at least one person with a broken leg. One person besides Sealey was injured in the Altima.

A stoplight where the accident occurred at the intersection of Route 66 and Route 69 has not been working since Hurricane Maria in September 2017.

The Department of Public Works (DPW) is responsible for the maintenance of the lights on the Melvin Evans Highway.

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.