CHRISTIANSTED — A five-year-old girl died and four other people were injured during a two-car accident that occurred Sunday night on Estate Hope Road, authorities said.
Two of the surviving injured were children under 18. The accident occurred on the part of Estate Hope Road that includes the long stretch after Gateway Gas Station in Peter’s Rest and heading towards Hess Road.
The call reporting the accident was received by 911 operators at 7:33 p.m. on Sunday, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.
VIPD spokesman Glen Dratte said a brown Dodge Durango was traveling east on Hope Road when a westbound brown Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck collided into it, causing the Durango to flip.
The four passengers in the Dodge Durango included a mother, her son, daughter and her 12-year-old niece, the VIPD said.
The five-year-old daughter was trapped underneath the Durango, however she was rescued by first responders, according to police. She later succumbed to her injuries at the Juan F. Luis Hospital in the early morning hours today.
The male driver of the S-10 was injured as well, according to Dratte.
