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A 19-year-old Aranguez man is this country's latest road fatality after he died while driving on the Beetham Highway on Tuesday night.
Police said Kavish Persad was driving a white Hyundai Ionic at 10 pm when he tried to overtake a car but crashed into it. His car then struck the Beetham water main, went airborne and landed in the nearby Laventille River.
Onlookers gathered as residents rushed to help, pulling Persad from the submerged car, but he was unresponsive. Emergency personnel remained on the scene conducting investigations.
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