By Charles Gladden
ROARING CREEK, Cayo District, Mon. Oct. 27, 2025
Beloved cowboy, 24-year-old Sean Armstrong of Roaring Creek Village, Cayo District, passed away on Sunday, October 26, after fighting for his life at the hospital after being injured in a traffic accident on Friday, October 17.
Armstrong had been hospitalized for just over a week after he and his friend, the now deceased 25-year-old Derrel Montero, were allegedly run off the road between Miles 52 and 53 on the George Price Highway in Teakettle Village by a vehicle allegedly driven by someone with whom they had reportedly gotten into an altercation at a nighttime establishment in Belmopan.
Montero died immediately after the accident; however, Armstrong survived and there were hopes he could make a full recovery, but his progression suffered a setback, and he passed away.
“They said he had injured his left arm and leg. He had a cut on his face and other bruises. They didn’t want us to see him until now; he was in bad condition,” said Janeline Armstrong, mother of Sean.
“They provided us with an ambulance to take him to La Loma Luz [Adventist Hospital], and by the time the doctors saw him, he told us about his leg and what all he needed to do … the doctor checked his arm and said ‘his arm is dead, there’s nothing we can do about it;’ and that they need to amputate it. So that was a shock to us,” she added.
The grieving mother said that Western Regional Hospital made minimal efforts to assist her son, resulting in him losing his arm.
“We had little hope; the doctor said that when he checked the arm, he couldn’t do anything. They took too long with him down here for him to do anything. He could have saved the arm, but the artery was separated, and all they did at Western Regional was pull back the skin and wrap it up and have him there for 16 hours without doing anything,” she said.
“… He was alert the whole time, and accepted that he lost his arm and was grateful for life. They tried with him; his leg was coming along fine, but his kidneys were not functioning properly, so they advised us that he would need to do dialysis,” she explained.
After several failed attempts to begin the dialysis, the doctors decided that they wouldn’t need it. However, according to the mother, they abruptly decided to do the treatment without informing Armstrong’s parents; and when they were informed and arrived, he was already dead.
The deceased Sean Armstrong was a beloved member of the Roaring Creek community and was raised with love, despite Janeline Armstrong’s not being his biological mother.
“He came into my life when he was 4 years old, and I have loved him the same way as I do my two girls. He was a cowboy at heart. He loved that; since he was a small child, 8 years old, he wanted to get on the bull; so, he rode every agricultural show he could,” she said.
