Philipsburg: --- The body of accident victim Sylvester Cuthbert Hazel has been released to the family so they can make funeral arrangements said Chief Prosecutor Taco Stein. The body was released early Tuesday after the prosecutor’s office got the result of an x-ray that was taken earlier that same morning.
Stein said crime has been ruled out after the x-ray showed that the injury, which is consistent to a bullet wound, was caused by the accident. He said the police and his office is not treating the accident as a crime. Stein said Hazel died due to severe head injuries causing brain damage.
Sylvester Cuthbert Hazel 44 years old died because of a tragic road accident in Cole bay early Sunday morning. He leaves to mourn his children, parents and other siblings on both St. Maarten and Dominica.