A 33-year-old Coast Guard officer was killed in an early morning accident in Tobago on Wednesday. He has been identified as Dion Charles of Mason Hall. A report said the accident happened just after 1 am on the Claude Noel Highway. Police said Charles was driving east on the highway when he collided head-on with another vehicle. Eye- witnesses said the driver of the other vehicle lost control of his white BMW and crashed into Charles' brown Kia car. He died on the spot. Charles was the son of director of the Tobago Emergency Management Agency (TEMA), Allan Stewart.­
