RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

rad­hi­ca.sookraj@guardian.co.tt

Three peo­ple es­caped death when a woman lost con­trol of her car while at­tempt­ing to over­take a van on Fri­day in La Brea, crash­ing in­to a ven­dor's stall.

Po­lice said around 4:25 pm, Ave­nash Har­riper­sad, 25, of Pe­nal, was dri­ving his white Isuzu three-tonne truck east from Point Fortin to Oropouche when up­on reach­ing R.J Thack­o­or­dass Ser­vice Sta­tion lo­cat­ed at South­ern Main Road, La Brea, he at­tempt­ed to turn right in­to the com­pound.

Po­lice said Natasha Giff, 40, of Par­ry­lands Vil­lage, Guapo, who was dri­ving be­hind Har­riper­sad, at­tempt­ed to over­take and hit the right front of his van.

Po­lice said Giff lost con­trol and col­lid­ed with a ven­dor’s ta­ble and an­oth­er car dri­ven by Damion Lewis, 56, of La Brea. Lewis's car then struck fu­el pump #3 be­long­ing to the gas sta­tion which then fell on a ve­hi­cle dri­ven by Bernard Ford, 36, of Point Fortin.

Giff's car al­so struck an­oth­er ve­hi­cle dri­ven by Everol Win­ford whose car, in turn, skid­ded back­wards and col­lid­ed with a ve­hi­cle dri­ven by Abra­ham Charles, 31, of Fyz­abad.

Giff, as well as oys­ter ven­dors Shan­ti Sa­hadeosingh, of Debe, and Dipc­hand De­o­nanan, of Pe­nal, suf­fered in­juries and are ward­ed at the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal. La Brea po­lice are con­tin­u­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions.