The wife of a police officer was killed in a head-on collision along the Southern Main Road, Caroni, on July 18, and her husband and son are in critical condition at hospital.

Police said Hymatie Ali, 60, of Tanager Drive, Ibis Gardens, the front seat passenger, was critically injured when a black SUV collided with the right front of the Mitsubishi Lancer her son was driving on a bridge along a dark stretch leading to the Caroni Bridge around 8.45 pm.

PC Inshan Ali, who is believed to have been asleep in the back seat, suffered multiple injuries, and his son, Saeel Ali, also suffered various injuries. All three victims were taken to the Mt Hope Hospital.