Three men are dead after two fatal road traffic accidents yesterday.
Ronald Ramtahal and Michael Titus, both ofPapourie Road, Barrackpore,died when the car they were in crashed into a wall at Sookhan Trace, Barrackporeshortly before 5pm yesterday. The car, gold Mazda 929,was driving his car east along Rochard Douglas Road, when itcrashed into the wall of a shed, which collapsed onto it.Police said Ramtahal was trying to overtake a line of traffic when helost control of the car.
In a separate incident, Basil Raphael, 34, a fire officer, was involved in a fatal crash around 9.10 pm last night, as he was heading north along Uriah Buttler Highway, near the John Peter walkover in Charlieville. Raphael, of St Cyr Street, Mission Road, Freeport, reportedly lost control and crashed into the median. He was thrown from his vehicle and died on the spot.