A 17-year-old high school student died early Tuesday morning after losing control of his vehicle on a tricky curve on Route 79 in Estate Rattan.
The driver, Andrew Ross, a student at Country Day School, was killed and two passengers injured at about 1:50 a.m. Tuesday when their 1998 Pontiac Sunbird failed to make a curve near the Montessori School, according to St. Croix Police Chief Novelle Francis.
"He was apparently driving too fast and didn’t negotiate the turn and hit a
pole on the western edge of the road," Francis said, adding that the turn is
located at the bottom of a hill.
Ross, stepson of St. Croix attorney Joel Holt, was pronounced dead at the
Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital, less than a mile from the accident site. His passengers were treated and released, Francis said.
