(Trinidad Express) – Two friends were killed and a third man critically injured when he lost control of their car and slammed into a drain off the Uriah Butler Highway in Chaguanas yesterday.
Police said around 8.40 a.m. a Nissan Primera sedan driven by Shawn Martin, 25, with Anthony Grant, 35, in the front passenger seat and Martin’s nephew Branj Smith, 18, in the backseat, was heading north along the highway when Martin spun out of control as he approached Biljah Road.
Police said the car swerved left and slammed into a concrete drain on the left side of the road.
The vehicle flipped several times and eventually landed on its roof.
