Baby Bottle Blunder: Driver’s Distraction Leads to Crash
A man was convicted and reprimanded for careless driving after he became distracted while trying to retrieve a baby bottle. Matthew Mitchel pleaded guilty during his appearance before acting Chief Magistrate Dexter Wason at St John’s Magistrates’ Court.
On August 25, 2023, Mitchel was driving on Friars Hill Road when he bent down to pick up his child’s bottle, causing him to collide with the vehicle ahead of him. At the time of the accident, both vehicles were traveling in a line of traffic in a northerly direction.
When law enforcement arrived at the scene around 2:30 PM, Mitchel explained that traffic had come to a standstill, leading to the crash with the car in front.
The court has ordered him to pay just over $1,200 in compensation to the female complainant by February 11, 2025, or face a 30-day prison sentence.
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