Woman dies in fatal accident

A 29-year-old La Horquetta woman died in a vehicular accident Thursday night, after she ran a red light on the Churchill Roosevelt Highway, Waller-field, Arima, and ran into another vehicle. The dead woman has been identified as Anika Lovell.  Four other people, identified as Neil Khan, 31, of Sangre Grande; Zahan Chunkiesingh, 15, of Arima; Noel Maloney, 20, of Valencia; and Kizena Green, 20, of Enter-prise, Chaguanas, were injured in the two-car smash-up. Chunkiesingh, a Third Form student of Qualitative High School, Arima, Khan and Green were attended to and discharged from the Arima Health Facili-ty, while Maloney was up to late evening warded at Port-of-Spain Gene-ral Hospital nursing what police described as head injuries. According to reports, around 10pm Thursday, Lovell was driving a blue Nissan March vehicle, in company with Green proceeding south along the Amazon Road, Churchill Roosevelt Highway, Arima. 

Police sources said Lovell failed to stop at the intersection and ran into the path of a grey B13 Nissan Sentra vehicle driven by Neil Khan, 31, of Sangre Grande. Khan’s vehicle was proceeding in an easterly direction. Chunkiesingh and Maloney were passengers in Khan’s car. The injured were taken to the Arima Health Facility, where Lovell was pronounced dead on arrival. Senior officers said if Lovell had survived the crash, she would have faced a charge of driving in a dangerous manner. PC Webb of the Arima Police Station is continuing investigations.