Port-of-Spain mayor Raymond Tim Kee had a close call yesterday when the official mayor's car he was in slammed into a red SUV at the corner of Ariapita Avenue and Carlos Street, Woodbrook, on Friday night.Tim Kee, who was in the back seat of the car reading a report at the time, received no injuries.Witnesses say at around 7 pm on Friday, the mayor's car, which was being followed by a black SUV, crossed a red light when it slammed into a Red Mitsubishi Rav 4 driven by Judith Gonzales.
At the time, the mayor's car was flashing blue lights and using a siren.The mayor's car and the SUV were heading west on Ariapita Avenue when the first car allegedly broke the red light at the intersection. It crashed into Gonzales' vehicle which was heading north along Carlos Street.Gonzales was visibly shaken when making a report with her attorney at the Woodbrook Police Station.
Immediately after the collision, Tim Kee was removed from the scene by a security detail in a black Chevy Captiva. Then the drivers went to the police station to give statements. Police are investigating.Yesterday, in a brief telephone interview, Tim Kee said all was well.
"Everything is fine. We were not injured in any way. There were no injuries," Tim Kee said.Asked to confirm whether the vehicle he was in had, indeed, crossed the lights, he said he could not be sure, as he was looking through a report at the time.
"On any intersection when there is an accident, somebody would have crossed the lights, but I understood from witnesses that the other vehicle may have been attempting to overtake when the accident happened."