​The cy­cling com­mu­ni­ty is in mourn­ing fol­low­ing the trag­ic death of for­mer na­tion­al cy­clist Col­in “Creepy” Wil­son.

Wil­son, 44, of Diego Mar­tin, died en route to the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal af­ter a crash on the open­ing day (Good Fri­day) of the East­er In­ter­na­tion­al Cy­cling Grand Prix pro­gramme, held in con­junc­tion with the Caribbean Cy­cling Cham­pi­onships and the Amer­i­can Track Cy­cling Cham­pi­onships.

​The vet­er­an rid­er, and fa­ther of three, was com­pet­ing in a six-lap Mas­ters 40-49 event at Skin­ner Park, San Fer­nan­do, when the ac­ci­dent oc­curred.

Ac­cord­ing to re­ports, Wil­son at­tempt­ed to avoid a cy­clist, who fell in front of him dur­ing the event, but lost con­trol and struck the fenc­ing lin­ing the track. The im­pact re­sult­ed in a fa­tal in­jury to his neck. He was at­tend­ed to by the med­ical team be­fore he was tak­en by the stand­by am­bu­lance to the hos­pi­tal.

​The tragedy led to a pre­ma­ture end to the day’s pro­ceed­ings, as dis­traught cy­clists im­me­di­ate­ly packed up their gears and with­drew from fur­ther par­tic­i­pa­tion in the evening’s pro­gramme in a show of grief and re­spect for their fel­low col­league.

​Wil­son was a promi­nent fig­ure in Trinidad and To­ba­go’s cy­cling, par­tic­u­lar­ly laud­ed for his per­for­mances in lo­cal road races and cri­teri­ums through­out the late 2000s and ear­ly 2010s. A ded­i­cat­ed mem­ber of Team Trek, Wil­son was a con­sis­tent top per­former in events sanc­tioned by the Trinidad and To­ba­go Cy­cling Fed­er­a­tion (TTCF). He leaves be­hind a lega­cy of sports­man­ship and a deep im­pact on the lo­cal rac­ing cir­cuit.

No­tably, he was de­scribed as one of the few rid­ers to have won across mul­ti­ple dis­ci­plines (road, time tri­al, and track) in Trinidad and To­ba­go cy­cling.

In a state­ment on Fri­day night, the Min­istry of Sports and Youth Af­fairs post­ed the fol­low­ing:

The Ho­n­ourable Phillip Watts, Min­is­ter of Sport and Youth Af­fairs, ex­tends his deep­est con­do­lences to the fam­i­ly, friends, and the en­tire cy­cling fra­ter­ni­ty on the trag­ic pass­ing of for­mer na­tion­al cy­clist Col­in “Creepy” Wil­son.

To­day (Fri­day) marks the open­ing of the three-day 2026 East­er In­ter­na­tion­al Cy­cling Grand Prix, host­ed joint­ly with the Caribbean Cy­cling Cham­pi­onships and the Amer­i­can Track Cy­cling Cham­pi­onships at Skin­ner Park in San Fer­nan­do. The event draws top re­gion­al and in­ter­na­tion­al tal­ent, cel­e­brat­ing the spir­it of com­pe­ti­tion and ath­let­ic ex­cel­lence that Wil­son em­bod­ied through­out his sto­ried ca­reer.

Trag­i­cal­ly, dur­ing a six-lap Mas­ters 40–49 event, Wil­son was in­volved in a fa­tal crash. It is un­der­stood that he at­tempt­ed to avoid a fall­en cy­clist but col­lid­ed with the fenc­ing lin­ing the track, sus­tain­ing crit­i­cal in­juries to his neck. De­spite im­me­di­ate med­ical at­ten­tion, Wil­son suc­cumbed to his in­juries.

Min­is­ter Watts reached out to Trinidad and To­ba­go Cy­cling Fed­er­a­tion pres­i­dent Rowe­na Williams to ex­press his deep sor­row and stat­ed:

‘Col­in “Creepy” Wil­son was more than a cham­pi­on cy­clist; he was a pi­o­neer who in­spired gen­er­a­tions of young ath­letes in Trinidad and To­ba­go. His pas­sion for the sport and stead­fast com­mit­ment to ex­cel­lence will for­ev­er be re­mem­bered. This is a pro­found loss for our sport­ing com­mu­ni­ty, and my heart goes out to his loved ones dur­ing this dif­fi­cult time.”

The Min­istry of Sport and Youth Af­fairs stands in sol­i­dar­i­ty with the cy­cling com­mu­ni­ty dur­ing this time of pro­found grief ex­tends heart­felt sup­port to all those af­fect­ed by this trag­ic loss. The Min­istry joins the na­tion in ho­n­our­ing the life, lega­cy, and in­valu­able con­tri­bu­tion of Col­in “Creepy” Wil­son to cy­cling in Trinidad and To­ba­go.

Rowe­na Williams, pres­i­dent of the Cy­cling Fed­er­a­tion, stat­ed in a re­lease, “This trag­ic loss has deeply af­fect­ed the lo­cal cy­cling com­mu­ni­ty.” Col­in Wil­son was a val­ued mem­ber of the sport­ing fra­ter­ni­ty, and his pres­ence will be great­ly missed by all who knew him and shared in his pas­sion for the sport.

The Fed­er­a­tion stands in sol­i­dar­i­ty with his fam­i­ly dur­ing this dif­fi­cult time and ex­tends heart­felt sym­pa­thies on be­half of the en­tire cy­cling com­mu­ni­ty.

The TTCF al­so urges the pub­lic to keep his fam­i­ly in their thoughts and prayers.”

Mean­while, the Sports Com­pa­ny of T&T (SporTT) ex­tends its deep­est con­do­lences to the fam­i­ly, friends, and the wider cy­cling com­mu­ni­ty on the trag­ic pass­ing of for­mer na­tion­al cy­clist Col­in “Creepy” Wil­son.

SporTT stands in sol­i­dar­i­ty with and joins the na­tion in ho­n­our­ing Wil­son’s life, lega­cy, and in­valu­able con­tri­bu­tion to cy­cling in Trinidad and To­ba­go.

Fol­low­ing con­sul­ta­tions with key stake­hold­ers, the East­er In­ter­na­tion­al Cy­cling Grand Prix will con­tin­ue this week­end at the Na­tion­al Cy­cling Velo­drome in a spir­it of re­spect and re­flec­tion. The cy­cling com­mu­ni­ty will un­doubt­ed­ly take time to ho­n­our Wil­son’s life and lega­cy as the event pro­ceeds.

Chair­man of the Board of Di­rec­tors, Kester Lendor, stat­ed: “We are deeply sad­dened by this trag­ic loss, and our thoughts re­main with Mr Wil­son’s fam­i­ly, friends, and the en­tire cy­cling com­mu­ni­ty.”

Lendor con­tin­ued, “As the event con­tin­ues, it does so with a shared sense of re­spect for his lega­cy. SporTT is com­mit­ted to work­ing close­ly with all stake­hold­ers to ful­ly un­der­stand the cir­cum­stances of this in­ci­dent while en­sur­ing that the safe­ty and well­be­ing of all ath­letes, of­fi­cials, and pa­trons re­main para­mount.”

The state­ment not­ed that as the op­er­a­tor of the Na­tion­al Cy­cling Velo­drome, SporTT con­tin­ues to im­ple­ment es­tab­lished safe­ty pro­to­cols for all events host­ed at its fa­cil­i­ties and will main­tain close co­or­di­na­tion with event or­gan­is­ers and of­fi­cials through­out the re­main­der of the com­pe­ti­tion.

A thor­ough re­view of the in­ci­dent will be un­der­tak­en in col­lab­o­ra­tion with all rel­e­vant stake­hold­ers.

SporTT re­mains com­mit­ted to sup­port­ing the cy­cling com­mu­ni­ty dur­ing this time.

Wil­son leaves to mourn his wife Tri­cia and their three chil­dren.