CHRISTIANSTED — Two men from Houston are dead after the driver of their car tried to avoid a traffic collision and instead ran hit a vehicle and the rusty water tank in Rattan on Friday night.
Marcus Roy, 29, and Quinton Thomas, 35, each of Texas died from the injuries they sustained about 1:00 a.m. Friday, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
Police officers and Emergency Medical Technicians responded to a two-car collision which occurred near the Rattan Road and Sion Farm valley intersection and the old rusty tank, according to the VIPD.
A green Jeep wrangler was heading westbound on Rattan Road while a blue Isuzu Rodeo was heading north making a right turn eastbound, VIPD spokesman Glen Dratte said
The impact of Roy’s Jeep into the rusty tank knocked it over, according to Dratte.
“The driver in the other vehicle (blue Rodeo) sustained minimal injury,” Dratte said. “He (the driver) stated he stopped at the intersection when he saw the Jeep Wrangler coming at a high rate of speed he then felt an impact to his vehicle and saw the Jeep hit the rusty tank causing it to fall.”
Roy and Thomas are each subcontract workers with Versa Integrity at the Limetree Bay Refinery. Their job included inspecting oil wells and tanks.
This fatal accident remains under active investigation by the VIPD Traffic Division.
