 29-year-old Aftab Brian Ali from Toco and an unidentified pedestrian are both dead following a major accident last night (Tuesday 16th March 2021) along the Uriah Butler Highway in Chaguanas. The accident took place around 6:30pm (during rush-hour traffic) after Ali, driving a Nissan Frontier along the Northbound lane, swerved to avoid hitting a man crossing the Highway between the John Peter walkover and the Assaraf Road walkover. After hitting the pedestrian, Ali lost control of his Frontier, which flipped several times and ended up on the Southbound lane. Both Ali and the pedestrian died on the scene. Ali, of McIntosh Trace, Toco Main Road, Toco, was 29. Two (2) passengers in Ali’s vehicle were rushed to Hospital. The pedestrian remained on the Northbound lane of the Highway for several hours following the tragic accident. Police identified the man only as an “Indian National.” Traffic piled up on the Southbound lane, past the Valsayn Interchange for several hours, as Fire Officers had to block two (2) lanes of the Highway in order to clear debris and await the removal of the bodies. Traffic on the Northbound lane also piled up, as Fire Trucks blocked the lane where the pedestrian’s body lay. Both bodies were still on the roadway up to 8:30pm, according to reports. This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates. [Source: T&T Guardian]
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UPDATE (9pm): Two (2) persons are confirmed dead. According to new details, a vehicle traveling on the Northbound lane of the Highway swerved to avoid hitting a pedestrian who was attempting to cross the Highway. The driver still hit the pedestrian, lost control, flipped several times and ended up on the Southbound lane. Both the pedestrian and driver were killed.
There are reports of standstill traffic on the Southbound lane of the Uriah Butler Highway in the vicinity of Divali Nagar in Chaguanas due to a major accident. Details are still sketchy regarding the accident, but a video from the scene shows an overturned vehicle with two (2) bodies on the road - one reportedly dead and the other person injured.
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 36-year-old Marcus Lezama, a truck driver from Foster Extension Road in Sangre Grande, died on Saturday night (6th March 2021) in a tragic accident along the Northbound lane of the Solomon Hochoy Highway in Chaguanas. According to reports, Lezama was driving a truck and trailer with a shipment of frozen French fries around 10pm, when someone allegedly gave him a ‘bad drive’ near the Modern Electrical Limited building. In swerving to avoid a collision with the vehicle, he apparently lost control of his truck. This led the truck and trailer to ‘fishtail,’ sending it into a deep ditch that separates the Highway from the Southern Main Road. The shipping container partially detached from the trailer and fell on the cab of the truck with Lezama inside. Fire Officers responded to the scene and removed Lezama from the wreckage. He was then taken to the Chaguanas Health Facility for treatment, but was unfortunately pronounced dead on arrival. Lezama’s sister, Yolande, described her brother as hard-working and ambitious during a brief interview on Sunday from her home in Malabar, Arima, stating, “We grow up hard but he always determined to make it.” She noted that their mother passed away when they were children and they were raised by relatives. According to Yolande, Lezama finished building his house in Sangre Grande and was working on building a set of apartments to supplement his income. She also noted her brother always loved trucks and began driving them as soon as he turned 18 and got his driver’s permit. He always used to say that when he was ready to settle down and have children, he wanted to have everything in place so they would not have to go through what we had to. There were reports of traffic congestion along the Highway up to 4pm on Sunday afternoon, as the transport company that employed Lezama took several hours to survey the scene and deliberate the safest method to extract the wreckage from the ditch. Cranes were eventually called in, which also contributed to the traffic. A post-mortem is expected to be performed on Lezama’s body at the Forensic Science Centre in St. James on Monday (8th March 2021). [Source: T&T Guardian]
 DJ Kernell Alexander, 26, of Chase Village, Chaguanas, died in an accident near Preysal along the Solomon Hochoy Highway early on Sunday morning (28th February 2021). Alexander was not the driver of the vehicle. He was an up-and-coming actor, model, comedian, host and radio deejay. According to reports, four (4) occupants in a Nissan Sunny B15 were travelling South on the Solomon Hochoy Highway around 4am on Sunday morning when the driver allegedly fell asleep and crashed into a utility pole. The group, which also included another DJ, Selecta Leary, were heading to Couva to visit a friend after performing at a radio station in Port-of-Spain earlier that night. One of the passengers said that as the driver fell asleep, the car veered off the road and headed towards the utility pole. The passenger tried to control the steering wheel but the vehicle still struck the pole and crashed on the shoulder. Alexander was in the back seat at the time of the accident and died at the scene. The other three (3) persons were taken to the San Fernando General Hospital. [Source: Trinidad Express]
 UPDATE 2: Firefighters used a Halligan tool to extricate Woods, freeing him from the car via the window. They did not, contrary to their initial statement, use the “jaws of life” to break open the car. UPDATE: Woods’ Agent, Mark Steinberg, said he sustained multiple leg injuries and is currently in surgery. “Tiger Woods was in a single-car accident this morning in California where he suffered multiple leg injuries. He is currently in surgery and we thank you for your privacy and support.” Golf legend, Tiger Woods, was involved in a major single-car crash earlier today (Tuesday 23rd February 2021) near the Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes neighbourhoods of Los Angeles. He was the sole occupant of the vehicle. Officials said the crash occurred around 7:12am local time and the vehicle sustained "major damage” (see photo above). The “jaws of life” had to be utilized in order to extricate him from the wreck. LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT 45-year-old Woods was in the area for his annual Genesis Invitational Golf Tournament at the Riviera Country Club in the Pacific Palisades. He previously crashed his SUV in a 2009 high-profile incident at his home in Florida and in 2017 he was arrested after Police found him passed out behind the wheel of his car. Woods said at the time he had taken prescription medication before the accident and did not realize the effect it would have on him. Woods recently announced he underwent his fifth back surgery in December 2020, which could keep him out of the upcoming Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia. His last surgery was back in April 2017 to fuse his lower spine. This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates.
 It has been a tragic Valentine’s Day for several families as three (3) persons lost their lives on the nation’s roadways in two (2) separate accidents on Sunday (14th February 2021). In the first accident, Electrician Kyle Sargeant, 25, was returning to his home at Salandra Drive in Roystonia, Couva, from a private job in Point Fortin when his white AD Wagon came into contact with the rear of a white Mitsubishi Lancer which was heading North on the Solomon Hochoy Highway around 8pm. The Lancer was driven by Anderson Mohammed, 25, while his common-law wife Julia Osouna, 30, of Calcutta No. 1 in Freeport, was in the front passenger seat. The Lancer flipped several times just after the Claxton Bay Overpass, tossing Osouna onto the median of the Highway. She died on impact. Mohammed was injured and taken to Hospital. Sargeant was pinned behind his steering wheel and called out for his mother. He gave an eyewitness his mother’s cell number before he lost consciousness. He died later at the San Fernando General Hospital. His mother, Heather, who turned 50 last Tuesday, said she got news of the accident after attending a thanksgiving for her birthday. The mother of four (4) said when the service at the Emmanuel Spiritual Baptist Church in Carapichaima ended, she got a call from an eyewitness to whom her son had given her cell number. I got the call around 8:30pm and reached after 9pm. By the time I got there, he was still pinned in the car. Before he lost consciousness, they (eyewitnesses) said, he kept asking for his mommy. Upon arriving at the Hospital, the staff allowed Heather to go inside and view her son's body as he was already pronounced dead. Heather, a primary school teacher, said her first-born and only son looked as though he was sleeping. She last saw him alive on Saturday night. He left home at about 6:30am on Sunday while she was still asleep. Sargeant worked at Ramlagan Colour Shop and recently opened his own business – Elite Power Solutions – at home. His mother described him as a blessing, saying he never gave her any problems and was an ambitious person. Sgt Modeste of Central Division is leading investigations into that accident. In the second accident, also on Sunday night, a man identified as Hilson Pierre was killed in Debe. Police said the 41-year-old St. Ann’s man was heading South on the Solomon Hochoy Highway extension at Gandhi Village around 9pm when Police believe he lost control of his white Nissan Tiida, which then crashed into concrete barriers near the roundabout. He died at the scene. Southern Division Police are continuing investigations. [Source: Newsday]
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