Three killed in T&T crash after birthday outing

(Trinidad Guardian) Three families are in mourning after a fatal accident yesterday which claimed the lives of birthday boy Alex Lalla, fireman Romel Rambally and Kareem Simon. According to police, the men were heading South along the Uriah Butler Highway, Chaguanas in a blue Toyota Corolla driven by Lalla, a fitness coach at Raw Fitness Health Club.

Around 4.30 am, on nearing the Munroe Road Overpass, Charlieville they crashed into a pillar of a walkover. Passing motorists called for help and Chaguanas police, the Highway Patrol Unit, Chaguanas firefighters and ambulances responded.

However, Simon, 29, of Claxton Bay, Lalla, 27, of Couva and Rambally, 32, of Golconda had already died. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident.