TRINIDAD: Mother, two children killed in accident
A mother and her two children were killed in an accident on the corner of Mausica junction and the Priority Bus Route around 11 pm last night.
She has been identified as 34-year-old Carla Colins of Belmont.
According to reports, the driver of a B14 vehicle allegedly ran the red light and slammed into two cars, including the one carrying the mother and her children.
The impact caused the mother to and her children, ages 7-months-old and 2-years-old – to be thrown from the vehicle.
They died on the spot.
The driver is currently warded at hospital and will be interrogated by police.
Police say it appears that the driver was intoxicated
For more on this story go to to: http://www.cnc3.co.tt/press-release/mother-two-children-killed-accident
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VIDEO: CCTV footage shows mother, two children stood no chance in Mausica accident
CTV footage of the accident that claimed the lives of a mother and two children in Mausica last night, showed that they stood no chance as the driver clearly broke the red light.
The newly released video shows the driver proceeding at high speed towards the light which was red
The vehicle with the woman and children was crossing the highway when the vehicle slammed into them.
The woman, 34-year-old Carla Colins and her two children, aged 2-years and 7-months old, died instantly.
The footage we received is amateur footage taken off a computer that displayed the CCTV video and as a result not all of it is clear.
For more on this story and video go to: http://www.cnc3.co.tt/press-release/video-cctv-footage-shows-mother-two-children-stood-no-chance-mausica-accident