Philipsburg:--- Police and other rescue personnel had to rush to the French and Dutch border in Oyster Pond to give emergency assistance to four drivers whose vehicles were swept away by raging waters due to heavy rainfall during the day on Saturday.Police Spokesman Ricardo Henson said that just before midnight on December 3rd four cars and their occupants traveling across the Dutch and French border were swept away by the raging waters, after the heavy rains that same evening. These cars were swept towards and into the pond. The occupants were forced to leave the vehicles behind and swim to safety the police spokesman said. The Gendarmes, the French Fire and Rescue and the Police Department along with the Dutch Fire and Rescue worked together to make sure that everyone in the vehicles were accounted for. Luckily, no one lost their life in this whole ordeal. The vehicles were later removed from the gutter by a towing company.
In an unrelated case, the occupants of a vehicle fled the scene of an accident on Friday night (December 2nd, 2011). The police spokesman said that during the general controls that were being conducted by police in the vicinity of the "Look-out Point" on Cole bay Hill, the driver of a rental vehicle with license plate 4731 AAA was ordered to stop. The driver refused to stop and increased his speed to escape police. Suspecting that the police would chase after him, he continued speeding over the winding road on the Cole Bay hill in the direction of Cul-de-Sac. At one point, the driver lost control of the vehicle while overtaking another car said the police spokesman. The oncoming traffic avoiding a collision pulled to the left, but this SUV with license plate M-9726 was hit on the right side by the rental. This collision caused extensive damage to both vehicles. Neither vehicle could continue driving. The driver of the rental and the occupants exited the vehicle and fled the scene on foot. The area was searched to locate the driver of the rental but he was not found. No one was injured during this accident. This case is being handled by the Police traffic department.
