A man has been charged with three offences in connection with St. Kitts & Nevis’ first road fatality for 2025. Four-month-old Mekairi Edwards of Half Way Tree, St. Kitts, succumbed to his injuries following a fatal traffic accident in St. Kitts, on Saturday Jan. 11^th, on the island main road at Johnson’s Long Path, in the vicinity of Ross University.

23-year-old Kededra Lewis from Sandy Point/Conaree, suffered severe injuries and she required emergency surgery for two broken legs.

A press release said two vehicles travelling in opposite directions were involved in a head-on collision. The vehicle heading east toward Basseterre was driven by Glenkeet Richardson of Wingfield Road, Old Road, while the westbound vehicle was operated by T’An Phipps from Farms Project, Sandy Point.

Richardson was arrested on suspicion of Causing Death by Dangerous Driving. Subsequently, he was charged on Tuesday January 14^th, at the Basseterre Police Station, for the commission of three (3) offences, namely Causing Death by Dangerous Driving (in the person of four-month-old Edwards, Injuring a Person namely T’An Phipps by Wanton Driving; and Injuring a Person namely Miss Lewis by Wanton Driving.