Military rites for police officer who died in crash

Cedeno, who had 18 years service in the Police Service, last worked as at the Caroni KP Unit.

He died instantly in a vehicular accident along the Solomon Hochoy Highway near Claxton Bay on Monday morning.

According to police reports at about 11.45 am, Cedeno of Hercules Village in Point Fortin was driving a black Kia SUV which crashed into an iron guard rail near the Macaulay Flyover in Claxton Bay.

Three of Cedeno’s female relatives were also passengers in the vehicle. The women who are Canadian nationals are still listed in critical condition at the San Fernando General Hospital.

Cedeno had recently moved to Hercules Village in Point Fortin with his wife, Carline, and three children - one of them a threemonth- old boy, Kaydon.

Carline told Newsday that before her husband left home on Saturday morning for work he kissed the children goodbye and she also warned him to drive safely and be careful on the roads.

Yesterday she told Newsday that the family is still struggling to come to terms with Cedeno’s death.

Carline said that the funeral service would take place at the Revival Time Assembly in San Fernando.