THE past weekend was marked by a string of tragic road accidents across the country, with graphic images and videos flooding social media, even as some incidents went unreported by mainstream media.

A widely circulated image uploaded on June 1 showed Minister of Defence Wayne Sturge seated in the back of a black SUV, observing a silver Toyota that had crashed into a culvert.

In response, the Defence Ministry issued that his security detail stopped at a traffic light near the intersection of Four Roads and the Diego Martin Highway when two other vehicles collided nearby.