San Pedro Water Jets Boat Runs Aground

At about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 9, a boat belonging to San Pedro Water Jets International had a minor accident as it ran aground into a mangrove area on the lagoon side.Reports are that the boat arrived from Chetumal, Quintana Roo and was transporting international passengers to the neighboring Island of Caye Caulker. There were 40 passengers on board and there were no casualties reported. Several boats were dispatched to the area to render assistance to the passengers.

One Dead in Boat Collision at Night

Coastal Xpress' Tio John vessel with impact marks on the side

A deadly night collision between the skiffs of Coastal Xpress Water Taxi and that of Sueño Del Mar's skiff has resulted in the death of one Ceasar Scott, two month employee of Sueño del Mar resort in North Ambergris Caye; this is according to unofficial police reports. At around 7:30p.m. on Sunday, November 15, 2009, one of the skiffs of the water taxi collided with that of Sueño del Mar's skiff, both carrying an undisclosed number of passengers. Police have confirmed the death on one person, being Ceasar Scott, and the serious injury of at least two other passengers. Others did sustain multiple injuries but which were treated but not classified as serious. Police are investigating the accident and are looking to see if they will file charges to either parties involved in the collision. Ambergris Today will keep its readers informed as updates reach our offices. (Picture of Ceasar Scott)

Searious Adventures Clarifies Boat Accident

After reading many media reports on the boat accident which occurred yesterday, Thursday, June 18, 2009, the management of Searious Adventures submitted a letter to Ambergris Today to clarify the erroneous information that was published about the accident.

“After an unfortunate collision which occurred during a heavy rain we were notified and immediately went to assist the situation,” stated the letter from Searious Adventures. The company wishes to clarify the situation that was wrongly reported in a daily website blog on the island, whose information was picked up by other media house in Belize City and another San Pedro Blog.

As it stands, Searious Adventures confirms that one of its boats collided with another boat and they assisted with getting the injured man to a local clinic on the Island. The letter submitted to Ambergris Today continued to clarify the matter as follows:

(Open Quote) “On Friday, June 19, the blog post read – ‘Searious Adventures crashed into a 24 foot boat while Mr. Badillo was fishing’ - First of all … (1) The name is incorrect (2) The location is incorrect (3) The action is incorrect. He was not fishing. (4) The Hospital mentioned was incorrect. (5) His condition named in the article is incorrect. And Searious Adventures did not crash into Mr. Badillo’s boat…So basically the entire article is full of false facts and untrue information. Sometimes situations occur that are out of our control and accidents happen.” (End Quote)

Searious Adventures believes that not only has their name been slandered, but that the false information has exposed an exaggerated situation that affects tourism on a whole.

Editor's Note: Ambergris Today contacted Mr. Badillo's family and they informed us that Mr. Armin Badillo was released from Universal Health Services, he is not in any serious condition and that he had taken the precautionary medical check-ups. Searious Adventures is doing all it can to assist Mr. Badillo.