A 34-year-old police officer was killed instantly in a road accident in Chaguanas yesterday which left another man seriously injured. Special Reserve police constable Daniel Ramsaroop of Hendrickson Street, Tunapuna, suffered severe head injuries after a Suzuki Jimny, driven by Vijay Ramcharan, crashed into a car on the Old Southern Main Road, Enterprise.
Police said that around 1 am, Ramsaroop and Ramcharan were driving along the road when on reaching Lendor Village, the vehicle began to swerve. Eyewitnesses said they saw the vehicle speeding around a bend before flipping several times and landing on a car. Chaguanas fire officers had to use the jaws of life to free the men from the wreck but only Ramcharan survived.
The driver of the car, Patricia Williams, of Mendoza Drive, Philippine, was shaken up but escaped serious injury. Ramcharan, of David Toby Road, Chin Chin, Cunupia, was taken to the Chaguanas District Health Facility and transferred to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex. Investigations are continuing.