Kali­fa Clyne

Two teenagers died ear­ly yes­ter­day morn­ing in a ve­hic­u­lar ac­ci­dent near Co­corite.Short­ly af­ter 3 am, the dri­ver of a Toy­ota Hilux van lost con­trol of the ve­hi­cle, caus­ing the van to flip sev­er­al times.The van was at the time trans­port­ing sev­en oc­cu­pants, five of whom were in the cab of the ve­hi­cle while the oth­er two sat in the tray.Vishal Ma­haraj, 18, and 19-year-old Sunil Ma­hadeo, the two oc­cu­pants in the van's tray, both of Chin Chin Road, Cunu­pia, sus­tained se­ri­ous in­juries and died on the scene.

The dri­ver and oth­er pas­sen­gers in the cab suf­fered se­ri­ous in­juries and were tak­en to hos­pi­tal where they were treat­ed and dis­charged yes­ter­day.Po­lice say the dri­ver of the ve­hi­cle was yes­ter­day as­sit­ing with in­ves­ti­ga­tions.