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A triple tragedy for TOBAGO, as three women are dead following a road traffic accident this morning. The fatalities have been identified as Makeda Fraser of Bon Accord, Aliyah Williams of Bon Accord and Patrice Juli Webb of Upper ST Francois Valley Road Belmont Trinidad. The accident occurred along Shirvan road near Le Grand Courland. Elizabeth Williams has the story.
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00:00Initial reports revealed at around 2.54 a.m. on Saturday, a white Nissan Latio PDY 6538
00:10driven by Dijon Dookie with three passengers was traveling along Chauvin Road in the vicinity
00:17of Legrand-Colin when it crashed head-on with a silver Mitsubishi Lancer PDK 9001 driven
00:25by Kino Ke.
00:27There was one passenger in that vehicle, Patrice Julie Webb, who died at the scene.
00:32Two others, Aaliyah Williams, 20, Makeda Fraser, 23, who were in the other vehicle, also succumbed
00:40to their injuries.
00:41Three others, Dijon Dookie, Kino Ke, and Ricardo Toussaint, were taken to the Scarborough General
00:48Hospital with serious injuries.
00:50Aaliyah's father, Philbert Williams, said his daughter was on her way home when tragedy
00:56struck.
01:26Mr. Williams said Aaliyah always made him laugh and was his hairdresser.
01:50Meantime, Joyce Forbes, Makeda's grandmother, told TV6 News her daughter explained to her
01:56how the accident occurred.
01:58Ms. Forbes said she heard of the accident from her neighbor.
02:02She said it was Makeda's dream to be a nurse.
02:06She went with her friends in something and when she was coming home, she was near home,
02:12coming home, and she got in an accident with this other car face-to-face.
02:17And she was pained in the car and she hit her head and so forth.
02:21I said, oh my God.
02:22I said, if we go up the hospital, I think we're going to see the bodyguard.
02:27She said, yeah, no, let me try.
02:31And we went there, but we couldn't see her today.
02:33They said not until Monday.
02:35Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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