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Friends and family are struggling to comprehend the sudden and unbearable loss of the island’s recent traffic fatality, a 16-year-old student of North Long Island High School.

“He was well loved by many,” Member of Parliament for Long Island Adrian Gibson said. “I will personally miss seeing him around the community at my events.”

Amare was riding his motorcycle shortly after 1 p.m. along Brandville Road when he collided with a Jeep traveling west. He was rushed to the island’s clinic in Simm’s for medical care, but despite efforts to save him, Amare succumbed to his injuries.

Gibson knew him because they were cousins. He said the shock is profound.

He remembered him as “a bright, respectful, and striving young man” and someone whose presence left an impression wherever he went.

Amare had recieved the Most Improved Student award and Honor Roll award on his Christmas report card, and was expecting a Christmas gift for his recent achievements.

Since the death of Amare Miller in a traffic accident on Thursday afternoon, loved ones expressed disbelief and are mourning his life.

On the baseball field, Amare was more than just a teammate. Long Island Baseball described him as “a true leader among his teammates and a cherished friend,” noting that his influence extended far beyond the game.

“His impact on and off the field will be remembered,” the organization said. “His spirit will live on through the lives he touched.”

Amare was also a member of the school band, basketball team, the island’s aviator’s club, working towards his dream to become a pilot.

Amare’s parents, Latoya and Alex Miller, are said to be devastated by their son’s passing. “They are living every parent’s worst nightmare,” Gibson shared. “My heart aches for them.”

Grief has also rippled through classrooms at North Long Island High School and Simms Primary School, where his classmates are struggling to process his sudden passing.

Karen Knowles said, “This is a hard one for the family and the kids. You will be missed.”

Precious Sweeting lost her 17-year-old son Brieon Sweeting on September 8 in a motorcycle accident. She plans to hold a Souse Out to pay for the funeral.

Brieon was visiting Nassau from Andros. While driving a motorcycle along’ Go Slow Bend’, West Bay Street, he collided with a black Ford Explorer driven by a man believed to be a senior judge.  According to police, the black Ford Explorer was traveling north on West Bay Street near Coral Drive, when the driver said he attempted to make a left turn into the western seaview parking lot. The driver felt an impact and saw Brieon crash into a gate on the street’s western side.

Emergency Medical Services determined that Brieon died on the scene.

Sweeting has planned the event for Saturday in Nassau Village and posted the flyer to social media, requesting financial assistance to pay for her son’s burial.

The flyer reads, “In aid of Breion’s Homegoing Celebration.”  She is asking for a donation of $10.

Sweeting said the insurance coverage was not sufficient to pay for the funeral and is expecting that the proceeds from the Souse Out will cover the cost.

At the time of the incident, police said it was not yet determined who was at fault for the accident. Sweeting said she still does not know who drove the black Ford Explorer.

“I’m looking for information in reference to who knock[ed] down my son, because not only am I struggling emotionally with the death of my son but I’m also struggling financially,” she said in another social media post.

Brieon’s father  Kevin Louissaint described the teen as “joyful” and was expecting that he would return to Andros after taking a swimming test for employment on a cay. Instead, Louissant was informed that one of his worst fears became true.

He never wanted his son to ride a motorcycle. “I always told him to stay off those bikes.”

Sweeting believes the driver of the black vehicle “left him in the road like he was some dog.”

Breion will be buried on October 5.

In a tragic turn of events, Brieon Sweeting, a 17-year-old known for his infectious joy and ability to brighten anyone’s day, lost his life in a motorcycle accident last Sunday.

His father, Kevin Louissaint, reminisced about his son’s vibrant spirit, saying, “He was about putting a smile on everyone’s face.”

The accident occurred when a black Ford Explorer, making a left turn on West Bay Street, collided with Sweeting’s motorcycle.

Despite emergency responders’ efforts, Sweeting was pronounced dead at the scene.

Louissaint, who had always been apprehensive about motorcycles, expressed his deep sorrow, revealing that his son had moved to Nassau for a job opportunity that ultimately did not materialize due to age restrictions.

Remembered as wise beyond his years, Sweeting is described by his father as someone who “never acted his age,” always seeming a mature.

The community of Andros joined the mother in mourning three brothers killed in a traffic accident in Nassau early Monday morning.

“[They were] young, vibrant and talented young men,” the Member of Parliament for North Andros and the Berry Island Leonardo Lightbourne remembered in a social media post.

Deangelo, D’Caprio and Philip Christie were the country’s latest traffic fatality when their Honda Passport lost control and hit a tree along Sir Milo Butler Highway around 2 am. The Jaws of Life was used to extricate D’Caprio, 23, and Philip 24, who were the driver and front-seat passenger. They both died on the scene.

Deangelo, 20, a backseat passenger, died sometime later Monday morning after being hospitalized for serious injuries.

“This is a very difficult time for their families…We are asking the entire NABI family to keep this family in their prayers,” Lightbourne said.

A friend of the brothers, George Pratt Jr described them as “humble.”

“The whole island of Andros could say Mrs Vannie Christie boys were humble and they didn’t forget what she taught them.

“No one who came in contact with Philip, D’Caprio or Deangelo could say they were troublesome guys,” he lamented.

Shyvonne Burrows had known the men as children and echoed Pratt’s sentiments.

“I just spoke with the mom for the longest on Saturday about them, not knowing. I am literally lost for words,” Raquel Beneby.

Tario Miller is in shock and grieving the loss. He had spent Sunday with the trio before he returned home to rest and prepare for work. “I wish I could hug my brothers one more time,” he said.

Friend Ron Jones said his last conversation with D’Caprio included a promise to visit him in Minnesota but that never happened.

“You were the first person back home who supported my business. I can’t believe this.”

Family and friends have identified the woman killed in a horrific car accident on Friday as 26-year-old Narissa Reckley, one of three fatalities in a recent spate of vehicular accidents.

Family said the meteorology technician was quiet but enjoyed life to the fullest.

Reckley, while travelling west on West Bay Street, lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a wall at Caves Village around 2 am on Friday. Police used the jaws of life to recover her body from the mangled van.

Her mother Rhoda Cleare arrived on the scene, shaking and distraught as her daughter’s body was removed..

Reckley graduated from St Augustine’s College in 2015 and was employed by the Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality who described her as “a beloved colleague.”

She was “young and vibrant with so many achievements ahead of her…She will be truly missed,” the Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality mourned in a social media post.

Reckley was one of three victims killed in traffic fatalities this weekend.

Early Sunday morning, a motorcyclist crashed into a wall near Infant View Road, and later that evening, a young man died in a collision at the entrance to Mount Pleasant Village.

Friends of the 22-year-old woman and her 4-year-old son killed in a tragic car accident in Abaco are still shocked after their unexpected death.

“My sister and my nephew…Why Lord? An older sister of the mother posted on social media.

Michelleda Arius and her son Armani were driving north on Ernest Dean Highway early morning Tuesday when she swerved into oncoming traffic, hitting another vehicle travelling in another direction, which subsequently collided with another vehicle.

Arius and Armani were seriously injured and were taken to the local clinic where they died.

“Sometimes we question God and ask why. He always has a plan for our life,” Bianca Cooper, a relative of the victims lamented.

“All we can do is cherish our loved ones, especially those that are still alive and keep the departed in our hearts.”

Now, the family and Arius’ boyfriend, Delano Demeritte are feeling the void left behind by their death.

Cooper said her prayers are with Demeritte.

Police did not state a cause for the accident.

Friends and family of one of the country’s latest traffic fatalities were in disbelief when they learned of her sudden death.

Melissa Knowles was remembered as “a bundle of joy,” her sister Erica Russell mourned.

Knowles’ mother and siblings were devastated after she was killed last week Friday when her vehicle, a silver Nissan Cube traveling east, hit a GMC Canyon truck traveling south along Johnstone Avenue in the Stapledon Gardens area.

She was killed after 11 pm.

“Gone too soon Lila, still can’t believe this. When you step in the room, sis you we’re such a bundle of joy…Our family will never forget you sweetie pie,” Russell said in a social media post.

Knowles’ mother, Marva, was reportedly out of the country when her daughter died and learned of her demise when she returned.

The mother was overcome with grief after learning that her friend’s daughter was also killed in a car crash, earlier that day.

Phillipa Deveaux, heading east in a Daihatsu Mira, hit a flatbed truck traveling west on Prince Charles Drive, crushing the front end of her vehicle and smashing the windshield. She died instantly.

Knowles’ death occurred 8 hours after Deveaux’s death.

Knowles’ brother who is the pastor of Word Empowerment Church Deon Knowles called her “a beautiful angel that God sent and took away.”

The girlfriends of recent car crash victims are reeling in shock since learning of their boyfriends’ deaths early Monday morning.

Neisha Johnson, the girlfriend of 28-year-old Anthony Coleby, and Jasmine the girlfriend of 29-year-old Ashwood Rolle expressed shock at their passing.

“Lord, please give me the strength I need right now…If only I knew that yesterday was going to be our last time together,” Johnson posted to social media.

Jasmine who shares a son with Rolle, posted crying emojis to express her pain.

The victims, identified as close cousins, died tragically when their Honda vehicle collided with a garbage truck on Gladstone Road during the early morning hours.

Police say it was around 5 am when the cousins were traveling south on the main thoroughfare when they drove into the waste truck which was traveling in the same direction.

Johnson said the pair was inseparable and had just visited a family at a local resort before the accident occurred.

“I’ll always remember you. You have been with me through my hardest times. I love you,” she said.

As police continue their investigation, many social media users questioned whether or not the rear of the garbage truck was lit, which could have caused the driver of the Honda to run into the truck.

It is not known if speed was a factor.