PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) Tuesday said six people were killed in a two vehicle smash up on the Churchill Roosevelt Highway, east of here, late Monday night.

“The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service continues to appeal to drivers to exercise caution, obey traffic laws and practice safe, responsible road use at all times,’ the TTPS said in a statement.

Graphic images in the media from the crash scene show the broken bodies of the victims entangled in the wreckage of both vehicles, multiple ambulances, police officers and fire fighters, bodies covered with sheets lining the concrete median as well as stunned onlookers.

Eyewitnesses said one of the vehicles broke the red light. One of the vehicles was carrying private security officers.

The police have identified those killed as Che Peters, 24;  Karim Romaine; 24-year-old Traves Teague; Karim Romaine, 24; Timothy Fraser; Avanel Thomas; and Ramesh Narine. Thomas is the lone female among the dead.

The police said that “all six victims were pronounced dead at the scene” and that the three lone survivors Kwame Romaine, Roxanne Johnson and Ramphal Hanoo are now at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex.

So far 124 people have been killed in vehicular crashes here this year and the advocacy group, Stay Alive,  has called on the authorities to crack down on speeding here.