A couple died in a road traffic accident in Maloney, leaving behind two young children. Kema Walker and his girlfriend Tenille David, both 32, were killed when a taxi transporting them flipped over on the Churchill Roosevelt Highway around 2 am yesterday. Their children, aged 2 and 8, were also in the car. The eight-year-old, identified as Tinnique, is said to have head injuries.
According to reports, the taxi, which was carrying seven passengers, was travelling south along the Maloney Boulevard, before turning left and heading east along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway. Another vehicle, also proceeding east, collided with the taxi, causing it to flip and land in a ditch on the northern side of the roadway. The taxi driver, who has been identified as Kess Alexander, and all other passengers were taken to hospital.
CNC3 News reported that the driver of the vehicle that slammed into the taxi was taken into police custody after a breathalyser test done at the scene gave results above the legal limit.
Truck crash kills Barrackpore man
A Barrackpore man was killed on Friday evening when a truck collided with his car while he was driving home. Around 6.45 pm, Ageim Abraham Mohammed, 29, was driving along the Southern Main Road, Point Lisas, when a truck slammed into his Nissan B14 car. Mohammed was a scaffolder with a company in the Point Lisas Industrial Estate.
His mother, Shakeela Mohammed, who spoke to the media at the family’s home on Jaipaulsingh Road, Barrackpore, is asking drivers to slow down. She said Mohammed was the youngest of her three children and he had plans to build the downstairs area of the home. He was not married. Officers from the Couva Police Station are continuing investigations.
Art teacher killed
Police are also probing the death of Susan St Hill, who was killed on Friday morning. The 34-year-old art teacher of St Francois Girls College, Belmont, was driving west along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway, near Bhagwansingh’s Hardware, Piarco, around 8 am, when her car was hit by another vehicle. The impact caused St Hill’s car to spin out of control before colliding with another car.
St Hill was taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Contacted yesterday, officers said they were continuing to interview drivers who witnessed the incident.