Regional News Six die in T&T crash
Rowley, Maduro sign 3 gas deals
(Trinidad Express) Three people survived the crash that killed six men on the Churchill Roosevelt Highway in O’Meara on Monday night. The crash happened at 11.30p.m. Police said they arrived to find the wreckage of a Mitsubishi Lancer registration PBU-4747, and an Isuzu pick up van registration TDL3641 on the highway.
The pick-up van belonged to Fortress Security company. Three people died in the pick-up – Timothy Fraser, Avenelle Thomas, and a third unnamed passenger. Two passengers in the pick-up survived – Roxanne Johnson and Rampaul Hanoo.
In the car three died – Che Peters, 24, Karim Romaine, 27 of Valencia, and Travis Teague. One person, a passenger in the car, survived – Kwame Romaine.
The pick-up van was headed south onto the highway when it was hit by the car heading east on the highway. Police were told that the driver of the car broke the traffic light. The injured were being treated at the Mt Hope hospital.
According to a driver who said he witnessed the crash, the driver of the Mitsubishi Lancer broke the red light and hit the van. He said the “van flew” and hit a light pole. He said the driver was killed on impact.
He said two were pulled alive from the van. The driver said the police retrieved firearms from the van which belonged to the security officers. (Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro on Monday signed an historic gas deal here, which will allow T&T access to gas reserves from Venezuela’s Dragon Fields. Three agreements were signed but the details were not revealed.
The agreements are the first of their kind and were signed at the Presidential Palace here in Caracas before ministerial and energy teams from both countries. In a brief statement following the signing, Rowley said Monday’s development marks a commitment from both countries towards the significant and necessary commercial development of the hydro-carbon sector.
Maduro thanked Rowley for entering into the agreement and said finalising it will open doors towards the staircases of international markets and he looks forward to T&T climbing those stairs side by side with Venezuela.