St. Martin News Network

Sandy Ground: --- Relatives of Ricardo Gumbs are now mourning their loss, Gumbs passed away just around the midday hours on Thursday confirmed his aunt Ginette Gumbs. The 21-year-old young man was knocked off his motor cycle on Friday evening near US imports in Sandy Ground. He suffered massive head injuries as well as to his body including punctured lungs.

The accident victim was flown to Martinique on Saturday morning but was sent back to his native island on Tuesday. Doctors on that island concluded that there is nothing else they could have done to safe his life. Gumbs was declared fully brain dead on Tuesday. He passed away peacefully on Thursday midday at the Louis Constant Fleming Hospital.

Eyewitnesses say they saw a Black KIA bearing Dutch number plates hit Gumbs off his motorcycle. The driver did not stop to offer any assistance to the young man who went airborne after he was struck. Due to the impact, the motor cycle burst into flames creating a panic on the scene, relatives of the now deceased young man provided a video to SMN News to show what the situation was like when the accident occurred.

On August 06, another road accident occurred on Bellevue main road leaving a 20-year old man badly injured. A press release from the gendarmes indicated that the driver ended his race along the Bellevue Road in a wall. The accident occurred around 04:00 in the morning.

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praying hard August, 06, 2009, 19:17 190.102.12.161 Votes: +0	Sad, Accept our sympathies. report abuse vote down vote up
GOD IS GOOD August, 07, 2009, 01:10 208.78.49.150 Votes: -1	Rest in Peace RICARDO. GOD will take revenge on that driver. leave everything up to GOD. Family be strong and keep the faith report abuse vote down vote up
Anonymous August, 07, 2009, 06:21 24.235.143.45 Votes: +0	RIP my dear from the Carter's Fam report abuse vote down vote up
reader August, 07, 2009, 13:10 200.7.41.3 Votes: -1	sorry to hear rest in peace god has better plans for u!! report abuse vote down vote up
bouboune August, 07, 2009, 14:29 90.63.182.94 Votes: +0	Rest in Peace RICARDO.Leave everything up to GOD. be strong Ginette. Accept our sympathies........ report abuse vote down vote up
good friend and crush August, 07, 2009, 14:50 190.2.189.108 Votes: +1	rip in peace ricardo...i will surely miss u...still cant believe it u dat is gone out of my heart i really miss u n cant bear the pain to kno dat u r not here with me i really miss....rip in peace n my condolances goin out to the family keep strong n love the lord report abuse vote down vote up
GOD IS GOOD August, 07, 2009, 16:47 208.78.49.150 Votes: +0	can someone tell me if ricardo is daniel gumbs brother . he works french quarter college r is it his cousin? report abuse vote down vote up
NOREEN BROOKS August, 07, 2009, 16:51 200.7.51.140 Votes: +0	Rest In Peace Ricardo....To the families left to mourn this is not an easy road but put your trust in Jesus he will see you through this difficult time. Remember the happy moments you shared those memories will last a lifetime. Noreen Brooks and Family report abuse vote down vote up
mvb August, 08, 2009, 19:58 208.91.194.41 Votes: +0	rip home boys we will miss u report abuse vote down vote up
aom August, 09, 2009, 11:28 72.252.9.55 Votes: +0	Only a coward hits someone and keeps going. I hope his/her conscience (if they have one) destroys them. Get some guts and turn yourself in. God does not sleep...... report abuse vote down vote up