On Friday, at approximately 8:50 p.m., the 911 Emergency Call Center, requested that police travel to a two-vehicle collision that occurred on Queen Mary Highway (Route 70) in the vicinity of the Market STX in Estate Plessen, Frederiksted, western entrance /exit, reported the V.I. Police Department.
A preliminary investigation revealed that a white Chevy Tahoe slowed and began making a right turn into the entrance/exit of the Market STX when a dirt bike collided with the Tahoe, according to the police report.
The operator of the dirt bike was operating the bike without a helmet. Additionally, the bike was unregistered and uninsured, the report stated.
The responding Traffic Investigation Bureau officers were informed that the operator of the dirt bike was taken via ambulance to the Juan F. Luis Hospital for medical treatment, the report stated.
The attending physician at the Juan F. Luis Hospital pronounced the bike operator deceased due to the injuries sustained in the accident. Next of kin identified him as 20-year-old Jaden Stubbs, according to the report.
This case remains open and under investigation by the V.I.P.D. Traffic Investigation Bureau, St. Croix District.
