Accident victim still critical

While relatives are praying for Johnson’s recovery, family members of Travis Teague, Timothy Fraser, Averniel Thomas, Che Peters, Kareem Romain, and Ramish Narine, the six persons who actually died in the accident, are coming to terms with the deaths of their loved ones. Relatives of Ramish Narine yesterday told reporters that his passing came just as he was once again getting his life together. His brother Sureash told reporters that he had just recently began getting control of an alcohol dependency that he had been struggling with for years.

“When his mother, Chanoo died he went a little astray,” said Tara Ramdeen, another relative, “He thought people didn’t care about him. He developed an alcohol problem when he was stressed out.

The people at Elite Security took him in and accepted him as their own and looked after him. They even sent him to Mt St Benedict for rehab. He was improving and they even came and gave him a room for him to stay while he got back on his feet.” Tara said she heard of Ramish’s death from a friend. She said that before she knew that her relative was involved in the accident, she saw the incident on social media and lamented on how many persons died in the accident.

She described Ramish as a person who loved children but mostly kept to himself. Relatives of Averniel Thomas, 35, said they held no malice against any of the drivers involved in the incident, but pleaded with drivers to be more cautious on the nation’s roads. Her brother Andre described her as a friendly and loving person.

“The last time I spoke to her was for my birthday,” said Andre, “We live very far from each other, I live in Point Fortin and she lives in California, so we don’t see each other every day. But she called me for my birthday on November 8, and wished me a happy birthday, and we talked for a bit. I found out about the accident from some of her church members. I was at work when I got the call. I really could not believe what I was hearing.

This entire thing has us all shocked.” Autopsies on both bodies confirmed that they died from blunt force trauma consistent with a car accident.