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A woman identified as Natalia Noel was killed yesterday when a falling tree slammed into a mini-bus along the North Coast Road, Maracas, sending the vehicle plunging several feet down a precipice. The driver was injured.

Police said that around 1.30 p.m. the mini-bus, which plies the North Coast route from Port of Spain, was making its way between the Maracas Lookout and the Spring Bridge when a large tree suddenly toppled onto the road. The impact knocked the vehicle off the carriageway and over the edge.

Natalie Noel