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A police officer was killed when his car skidded off the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway and crashed into an electricity pole on May 19. The accident occurred on the north-bound lane of the highway near the Couva Hospital and Multi-Training Facility.

Newsday understands PC Zackariah Gill of Tamarind Street, Edinburgh, Chaguanas, was on his way to work in Port of Spain and had just dropped off his three-year-old daughter at the home of relatives when the incident occurred around 1 pm.