According to Police reports, a motorist was killed after his vehicle crashed along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway around 9pm on Saturday night (26th December 2020). The 35-year-old man has been identified as Shomari Holder of Kiskadee Drive in D'abadie.

Holder was driving his car on the Westbound lane of the Churchill Roosevelt Highway, opposite the Nestle compound, when his vehicle slammed into the concrete median of the Highway then spun out of control several times. He was the lone occupant in his car.

Police suspect that Holder was not wearing a seatbelt as he was thrown out of his car and onto the roadway. He died at the scene of the accident.

His death was the third road fatality to occur in three (3) days, between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day. On Christmas Eve, Karen Elgin of San Juan and Asha Mohammed of Cunupia died in separate accidents.

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According to reports on Sunday (22nd November 2020), Kenton Walcott, a soldier and cousin of Olympic Gold Medallist Keshorn Walcott and PC Simeon Blake were both in a white 323 Mazda heading North along the Toco Road in Cumana, when the driver lost control of the vehicle.

The vehicle then spun out control and ended up in a precipice about 20 feet off the road. Eyewitnesses reported seeing the vehicle flipping several times before coming to a stop. The accident took place near Chennette Trace.

Following the crash, the injured men were rescued by villagers. Officers attached to the Toco Police Station and the EHS Ambulance arrived within minutes. They were rushed to the Toco Health Facility and then transferred to the Sangre Grande Hospital where they underwent emergency surgery. Both suffered broken legs and internal injuries and are warded in stable condition.

Toco Police are continuing their investigation into the accident.

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According to Police, Prakash Surat, also known as "Blondy," of Fern Trace in Valencia was seated in the tray of a white Kia pick-up van, heading East along Valencia Old Road when he fell onto the roadway and was crushed beneath the wheels of a yellow cement truck. The man died almost instantly.

Surat was just days away from celebrating his 25th birthday.

A Police report said that around 5:45pm on Wednesday (4th November 2020), a Seereeram Brothers cement truck, driven by 40-year-old Clint Gob­in, of Are­na Gar­dens, Freeport, was proceeding in a westerly direction along the Valencia Old Road. Upon reaching the vicinity of Clarence Trace, he observed a white Kia pick-up van with occupants in the tray.

The cement truck driver told Police that the pick-up van was proceeding in the opposite direction, when upon bending a corner the pick-up collided with his truck. The cement truck driver said he stopped his vehicle, but the other vehicle continued driving. Upon checking he observed a man lying on the roadway bleeding profusely, and he contacted Police. Officers from the Valencia and Sangre Grande Police Station responded to the scene.

Further investigations revealed that one of the mirrors on the cement truck struck Surat, and he fell onto the road into the path of the cement truck.

He was pronounced dead at the scene by a District Medical Officer and an autopsy was expected to be done on Thursday at the Forensic Science Centre.

Officers are seeking information on the driver of the Kia pick-up van and the others who were also seated in the tray. The cement truck was impounded at the Valencia Police Station.

Investigations are continuing, led by Cpl Garcia.

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As rainfall continues in several parts of the country today (Sunday 25th October 2020), motorists are advised to drive safely on wet roads. A multiple-vehicle accident took place earlier today in the vicinity of the Preysal Flyover resulting in several injured persons. No further details are available at this time.

​Watch the video of the accident scene below.

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The identities of three (3) people who tragically died in a vehicular accident along the Uriah Butler Highway early on Sunday morning (11th October 2020) have been identified by Police. Dead are 28-year-old Crystal Baboolal of Cane Farm, Arouca; 20-year-old Michael Walters of Laventille Road, Laventille; and 36-year-old Michael Ashton of Lower Santa Cruz.

According to reports, around 5:14am this morning, a silver Nissan Tiida driven by Michael Ashton was proceeding North along the Uriah Butler Highway in the vicinity of Massy Tracmac, when he lost control of the vehicle and ran into the back of a dump truck, which was also proceeding in the same direction. Police confirm that all three (3) persons died on impact at the scene.

The driver of the dump truck, who has been identified as PC Isahak, reportedly attached to the St. Clair Police Station, is said to be unharmed.

Fire ap­pli­ances from the near­by Ch­agua­nas Fire Sta­tion re­spond­ed to the scene along with Po­lice Of­fi­cers.
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The ac­ci­dent caused bumper-to-bumper traf­fic and ve­hi­cles were re-di­rect­ed through Bil­jah Road on­to the Ca­roni Sa­van­nah Road, where they ac­cessed the Northbound lane of the Highway in order to con­tin­ue on their respective destinations.

Cpl Mohammed of the Chaguanas Police Station is said to be continuing investigations.

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Ac­cord­ing to Police, around 5:14am this morning (Sunday 11th October 2020), a Nis­san Ti­i­da traveling along the Uri­ah But­ler High­way, crashed in­to the rear of a truck, then swerved into the pillars of a near­by walkover, in the vicinity of the Di­wali Na­gar Site. Three (3) peo­ple in the Tiida died at the scene and are yet to be iden­ti­fied.

Fire ap­pli­ances from the near­by Ch­agua­nas Fire Sta­tion re­spond­ed to the scene along with Po­lice Of­fi­cers.

The ac­ci­dent caused bumper-to-bumper traf­fic and ve­hi­cles were re-di­rect­ed through Bil­jah Road on­to the Ca­roni Sa­van­nah Road, where they ac­cessed the Northbound lane of the Highway in order to con­tin­ue on their respective destinations.

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