October 9, 2023
T&T driver dies after truck tyre explodes
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, (CMC) – The Trinidad and Tobago police on Monday reported that a driver died in a freak accident after the rear tyre on his truck exploded.
He has been identified as 38-year-old Rakesh Ramnarine of Cap de Ville, Point Fortin in southwestern Trinidad.
The police said Ramnarine was driving a truck along the Eastern Main Road when it developed mechanical problems.
Ramnarine was able to stop the truck and had gone to the rear of the vehicle to check on the tyres when one of them exploded, pitching him from under the truck and killing him.
Ramnarine was rushed to the Sangre Grande Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A postmortem will be done to determine the cause of death.