Cops fail to respond after crash

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched into why officers of the Arouca Police Station failed to respond promptly to the report of a car crash, at the Priority Bus Route in the vicinity of the Arouca Police Station early yesterday. Reports revealed that around 5.50 am yesterday, a car crashed into a wall at the Priority Bus Route, west of the Arouca police station.

The driver and a male occupant in the front passenger seat of the car fled the scene leaving behind three women. An eyewitness reported the incident to officers of the Arouca Police Station. Half an hour later, the two men who had earlier fled the scene returned in a maxi-taxi and picked up the three women close to the scene of the car crash. officers of the Arouca Police Station went eventually to the scene and discovered that the car was stolen and involved in a recent robbery. Officers at the Arouca Police Station refused to give any information on the incident but Newsday learned that an investigation has been launched. The car was towed to the Arouca Police Station and checked for prints.