EXCLUSIVE: V.I. Free Press Obtains Photo of Northside Crash Victim Hakeem Alfred

KINGSHILL — The Virgin Islands Free Press has obtained a photo of the crash victim who lost control of his vehicle in Estate Kingshill this weekend.

Hakeem O. Alfred, 31, was positively identified as the man who died in a two-car collision on Northside Road in St. Croix early Saturday, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

A concerned citizen called the 911 Emergency Call Center at 12:06 a.m. Saturday, reporting a two-vehicle auto accident and requesting an ambulance, according to the VIPD.

Northside Road crash victim Hakeem O. Alfred, 31, of St. Croix

The caller also stated that someone was trapped in a vehicle. VIPD, Rescue, Fire and EMS were dispatched to the scene. 

The preliminary investigation revealed that a Honda Civic was traveling south to north on the Northside Road Route 75 in the vicinity Jean Romney Drive, Kingshill area, when the driver lost control of the vehicle and went into the north bound lane and collided with a Toyota Tundra heading from north to south, police said.

The driver in the Honda Civic, Alfred, was transported to the Juan Luis Hospital by ambulance where he succumbed to his injuries sustained by the crash, VIPD Communications Director Glen Dratte said.

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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.