Crash reported near Palm Beach
An Avenida Nelson Oduber crash killed a 49-year-old visitor and critically injured the driver early Tuesday. Diario reported that the emergency call came at about 1:38 a.m. for a serious single-vehicle crash roughly 170 to 200 metres south of the Palm Beach roundabout.
A dark silver Hyundai left the road, entered the median ditch and struck a tree. The cause remained under investigation.
Emergency crews treated two occupants
Police found two injured men. Officers and a witness began CPR on the passenger before ambulance crews continued resuscitation efforts. A forensic doctor later pronounced him dead. The driver was taken to Horacio Oduber Hospital in critical condition.
Death becomes Aruba’s 12th road fatality
Diario identified the passenger as Dwann Kaleid Gatewood, a U.S.-born visitor who was 49. Police said his death was Aruba’s 12th traffic fatality of 2026, about 49 hours after a fatal motorcycle crash in Westpunt. Victim-support personnel assisted the family.
Additional reporting: supporting report.
Source: Diario.
