An 18-year-old woman was killed in an accident in Debe on Tuesday evening.
Kaylee Daniella Poonan, of Peterloo Street, Friendship Village, San Fernando, was a passenger in a modified Mitsubishi Lancer, driven by her 19-year old boyfriend, Navin Bedassie.
Around 6:30pm, Poonan and Bedassie were proceeding north along the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway, when Bedassie reportedly lost control of the vehicle, ran off the roadway and collided with a lightpole in the vicinity of Papouri Overpass.
Debe Highway Patrol officers assisted in extracting both Poonan and Bedassie from the vehicle.
However, Poonan died at the scene, while Bedassie was taken to the San Fernando General Hospital.
Reports are that Bedassie had bought the car just moments earlier and was seen speeding.