A police constable attached to the Cunupia Police Station yesterday was placed in an induced coma at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, after he and two of his colleagues were involved in a crash along the Uriah Butler Highway. According to police reports, PC Raul Hercules, 33, was placed in the coma after both his lungs collapsed hours after being rushed to hospital.
The accident occurred around 4.30 am police said. PC Clive Duntin and PC Corey Williams were also injured in the crash. The officers were in a marked vehicle when the accident occurred along the south-bound lane of the highway near the Caroni Bird Sanctuary. Eyewitness said the car skidded off the roadway and overturned, landing in a nearby ditch. Duntin, 27, sustained spinal injuries in addition to injuries to his left leg and left eye, while Williams, 24, sustained a fractured skull.
Hercules has been on the job for three years, Duntin for two years and six months while Williams has only been an officer for six months. Police said two other cars also slammed into the fire truck that responded to the accident after they tried to get a glimpse of the police car in the ditch.