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AS people across Trinidad and Tobago get set to celebrate the New Year with their loved ones, a string of tragedies has left some families in unimaginable grief and forced to face the reality of death.

Road fatalities, murders and a freak accident have robbed families of a joyous end to 2025 as they face the harsh reality of death.

On December 30, the search for abducted Arima fireman, Bruce Lezama, 46, of Bypass Road, ended when his body was found off the Blanchisseuse Road in Arima.