College student drowns after vehicle crashes

ST MARY’S College student Kyle Caesar died by drowning Thursday night after he lost control of the vehicle he was driving along the Audrey Jeffers Highway.

Police reports are that around 6 pm Thursday, Caesar, 18, of Mercer Road, Diego Martin, was driving in a westerly direction when he lost control, ran off the road and ended up in a river in the vicinity of the Jamaat al Muslimeen compound. A report was made and police and officials of the Fire Services arrived on the scene.  They had to cut Caesar out of the vehicle since he was trapped. The young man was rushed to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (PoSGH) where he died while undergoing treatment.  A post mortem performed Friday revealed he died from drowning.  Cpl Leacock of the St James Police Station is continuing investigations.