Army private dies in car crash

According to reports at around 5.45 am, Daniel Gill was driving north along the Diego Martin Highway when reaching Crystal Stream he reportedly fell asleep at the wheel and lost control of the vehicle.

The car flipped and crashed into an embankment.

Gill died on the spot.

Fire officers had to use the jaws of life - a special piece of equipment - to remove Gill’s body from the mangled wreck of his vehicle.

Sources revealed that the body remained on the scene for several hours before it was ordered to be removed by a District Medical Officer.

Relatives of Gill, as well as his colleagues, were on the scene of the fatal accident yesterday.

They wept and looked on in grief.

The 31-year-old officer was described as friendly, outgoing and well-loved at Camp Ogden.

The TTDF yesterday extended condolences to relatives of private Gill.