Senior Reporter
anna-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt
A San Juan teenager died yesterday morning when the car he was driving crashed into a light post as he attempted to switch lanes near the Grand Bazaar intersection.
The accident caused a traffic pile-up as motorists stopped and rushed out of their vehicles to assist 19-year-old Justin Nunez Xavier.
Xavier, of Real Street, San Juan, was driving his white Toyota Tercel south along the Uriah Butler Highway around 7.50 am, when he attempted to switch from the left lane and lost control of the vehicle. It crashed into a light pole opposite the Pro-Tech Shipping Company.
Officials at the scene said the car was “totally damaged.”
Xavier was taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, where he succumbed to his injuries.
There were no other fatalities or injuries as a result of the accident, and no damage was done to the light pole.