Families still in shock over Fatal Car Accident

Fatal Car Accident in Tobago, Claiming Five Lives 

The families of the five persons who perished in Sunday's two-car smash-up along the Claude Noel Highway at Spring Garden, in the vicinity of the Orange Hill Gas Station, were still in shock on Monday.

Cuthbert Daniel, brother of Stephenson Winchester, wept openly when the Express visited his brother's home at Piccadilly, Signal Hill.

Daniel said he and his brother were close and he would be terribly missed.

"Since the incident I have not eaten, I do not know what to do," he said crying. "We are waiting to see what will happen now. Relatives are to arrive from Trinidad to assist in funeral arrangements."

The family of Christon Stewart also remained in shock, while in Buccoo, Rashel Murray, daughter of Alloy Duke, is trying to pick up the pieces as her father had not yet seen his granddaughter, who is only 15 days old.

"A relative told me my dad died in the accident. I was shocked because he had not seen his granddaughter and this was something I wanted to fulfill. I am studying at this time in Trinidad and not sure whether I want to return to Tobago to be with the family," Murray said.

Five Tobagonians died in the accident at Spring Garden—Alloy Duke, of Buccoo; Fernando Stewart, of Mt. Grace; Christon Stewart, of Patience Hill; Anesta Hamilton-Williams of Patience Hill; and Stephenson Winchester of Signal Hill.

Sergeant Samuel Morrison of Scarborough Traffic Branch is spearheading investigations

Reproduced from Trinidadexpress

Five Dead: Early Morning Fatal Accident in Tobago

Accident that claimed five lives earlier this Morning on the
Claude Noel Highway at the Spring Garden Intersection

It has only been two days into full Carnival activities in Tobago and already one accident has claimed multiple lives.

There was a fatal two car smash up on the Claude Noel Highway in the early hours of this morning. Reports from the Scarborough Police Traffic Branch were that Duke was driving a maroon Mazda 3 station wagon east, along the Claude Noel Highway when he overtook a vehicle and collided head-on with a green Lancer driven by Stewart, a ward attendant at the Scarborough General Hospital. The collision took place at the spring garden intersection just around the traffic light  instantly killing 5 persons and sending some airborne.  One person's head was said to be completely severed while emergency personnel had to fetch others out of the near by bushes.  

The call has once again gone out to patrons of parties and persons taking part in Carnival activities to observe the road laws. Designate a driver, drive within the speed limit and obey all traffic rules, so that events like these would not repeat its self. 

With three more days remaining to revel, Tobagodaily is also calling for a beef up in patrols on the Highway of Tobago. Tobagodaily would have observed last night that there were no highway patrols especially in known accident prone areas.

Tobagodaily would like the officers to note that part of policing is prevention, and as such highway patrols can prevent obnoxious and irresponsible drivers from causing life taking events like these.