In todays Trinidad Guardian Triple fatality on highway Almost four years ago, housewife Nanda Ramcharan saved the life of her nine-year-old son, Nyron, by donating one of her kidneys. Yesterday at around 1.45 pm, Ramcharan, 36, Nyron, now 12, and her husband Mahadeo, 48, were killed when a garbage truck landed on top of their car on the Uriah Butler Highway near the Endeavour Flyover in Chaguanas. Police public information officer Inspector Wayne Mystar said the accident occurred as Mahadeo Ramcharan was driving his vehicle, PBE 5627, south along the highway shortly after 1 pm. A white Mistubishi Lancer on the northbound lane collided with a blue garbage truck which spun out control crossed the highway’s concrete median and landed on to Ramcharan’s car. Police and firemen used the jaws of life to cut open the Honda and remove the occupants. All three were dead at the scene. Mystar said the driver and loader of the garbage truck were hospitalized. The driver of the Lancer, who was not injured, was taken to the Chaguanas Police Station. Yesterday relatives, some of whom lived close to the Ramcharan’s home at Ramsabhag Trace, Rochard Road, Penal, were overcome with grief. [ Click the link to read this article in full guardian.co.tt/news/2014-07-29/triple-fatality-highway ]
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:35:01 +0000
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