Tobago’s road fatality figure rose by two after people were killed and a baby injured in a car accident early Sunday morning in Bacolet, Tobago. The two deceased have been identified as Tobago Regional Health Authority employee Sherma Thomas and sales truck driver Kareem Thom.
According to police reports, Kareem Thom was driving his car with three occupants east along Claude Noel Highway, near the Dwight Yorke Stadium, around 12.05am, when he crashed into a railing and then slammed into a tree.
Passers by people tried to help the victims in the rain, until an ambulance arrived. The conditions of the surviving victims remain unclear at this time. Police are investigating.