[Trinidad Guardian] – A GUYANESE national and his co-worker were killed when the van they were in struck another van and flipped several times along the highway near Chase Village Flyover on Saturday night.Rajendra Persaud, 34, a Guyanese employed with Victoria Medical Laboratories in San Fernando, died on the way to the hospital, while his front seat passenger, Daniel Alexander of Maraval, died on the scene.

The driver of the other vehicle, a 49-year-old contractor of Gasparillo, was arrested and charged after he failed a breathalyser test. Police reports state that at about 11.45 pm, Persaud was heading along the north-bound lane of the Solomon Hochoy Highway in a white Nissan Frontier when he came in contact with the right rear of the contractor’s Black Toyota Hilux.
Persaud lost control of his vehicle, which flipped several times and ended up in the median of the highway in a southerly direction. Persaud and his passenger were trapped in the vehicle. Fire Service officers had to use the ‘jaws of life’ to free them.
Alexander, however, died, while Persaud was taken to the Chaguanas Emergency Department, from where he was transferred to Mt. Hope Hospital. Persaud died before he reached the hospital.

Visiting the scene were Highway Patrol and Freeport Police Station officers, including Sgt. John, PC Chapdeosingh, Cpl. Nelson and PC Basdeo.