Children among six injured in crash

SIX persons, including two children, were seriously injured yesterday when a car ran off the road and smashed into a lamp post, on the Solomon Hochoy Highway near Couva. Up to late yesterday evening, the conditions of the injured persons, including five-year-old Dhayan Drakes and two-year-old Daniella Harricharan, were still not known. According to police reports, at around 9.15 am, Darlon Farrel, 65, of Agnes Street, Marabella, was transporting five persons in his white B14 Nissan Sentra along the highway. In the vicinity of the Indian Trail Flyover, Farrel lost control of the car, which skidded off the highway. The car slammed into a light pole. The children, Farrel and other injured persons, identified as Anne Harricharan, 27, Glenda Alexander, 31 and Lucille Alexander, 59, all of Gasparillo, were assisted by passersby and taken to the Couva Hospital. All six were treated and transferred to San Fernando General Hospital where up to late yesterday, they remained warded. WPC Joseph is continuing investigations.