Two road fatalities

According to a release by police yesterday, drivers were reminded that fatalities could be prevented if they and other road users exercise more care and restraint.

In the first incident, Stephan Mahadeo, 25, from Montrose in Chaguanas was driving a black Subaru car along the north-bound lane of the Uriah Butler Highway near the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, at about 4 am yesterday.

Police said he lost control of th vehicle which crashed into a tree on the left side of the highway.

The impact was so great that the car split in two. One half of the car landed in a small ravine near the tree, and the other half on the bank. Police and emergency services were called to the scene, but it was too late for Mahadeo. A District Medical Officer pronounced him dead on the scene.

Then, just before 10 am yesterday, a Maracas, St Joseph biker lost his life after crashing into a van on the Eastern Main Road.

According to reports, Andre Chandler Rivers, 33, was riding his motorcycle west along the Eastern Main Road when he was struck by a Mitsubishi pick-up truck, which was driven by a 48-year-old man of Point Cumana. Rivers was taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, where he died. Last year, the number of fatal accidents for the corresponding period stood at 40.