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Another tragic case of death on the roads of Trinidad. 4 friends including 2 UWI students died on the Manzanilla Main Road, Northeast Trinidad on the 17th January 2010.

“Rikki Balroop, 23, an employee at the Ministry of Energy; Rickson Lalla, 24, an information technology student; Marvin Seebaran; and Sardiya Sharma, 23, a chemical engineering graduate, all died on the spot after their car flipped over several times and crashed into a Toyota Hilux. A report said the friends, all residents of the Sangre Grande district, were proceeding east along the main road at Sangre Chiquito around 1.14 am, when Lalla, who was driving, lost control of the car.”

Caribdaily

“They had just left a “small lime” and had decided to go to Manzanilla beach, relatives said. The driver of the Hilux, Shane Leon, was taken to the Sangre Grande District Hospital where he was treated and discharged. During a brief interview at Balroop’s family home in Guaico, Terry Beekhee, Rikki’s uncle, said young drivers should pay more attention to road traffic regulations. “Most young drivers need to know what they are doing to avoid accidents…My advice to them is to study the regulations,” Beekhee said. Rikki’s brother, Hayden, said he was shocked to hear about the accident.“I heard there were cars drag-racing and they crashed into the back of a Hilux,” he said. He had nothing but praise for his younger sibling.”

Trinidad Guardian

This is sad as it is, but look at some of the dickhead-ish things people have to say :

“Drinking + Speed = Death.
Submitted by waynejohn on 18 January 2010 - 10:46am.

Drinking + Speed = Death. This is putting it in a nutshell. We have the breathalyser in effect already to curb the drunkards on the roads, but we also need the radar guns to nab the speedsters. Why is taking so long to have the appropriate legislation in place? Nevertheless, my condolences to the family of the bereaved.”

“Stop the f@%#@%
Submitted by sdtrini on 18 January 2010 - 2:30pm.Stop the f@%#@% speeding!!!No amount of education will get it into these dumb trini heads. They refuse to wear seatbelts and they refuse to stop speeding.

Thankfully, this person cleared the air on the issue :

Some clarifications….. Let
Submitted by SPK on 18 January 2010 - 11:23am.Some clarifications…..Let me clear up some questions and rumours that have been spreading related to this tragedy; I was one of the other drivers moving with Mr. Lalla, I can give details that the media often distort.

Its posthumous defamation of character. Even the police are saying they “believed they met up with some other cars to drag race”. WTF?? The guy was driving a fucking Toyota stationwagon. Who drag races with that?? What forensic evidence or any evidence for that matter backs up those claims?

Its so sickening to hear such petty bullshit come out of people in a matter involving the DEATH of people. EVEN IF they died as a result of drinking and driving, where is the sensitivity of these self-righteous fools out here who nastily hint that death is a just reward for driving young because they probably were drinking or drag racing anyway?? What if the families of these people read those comments or heard those words from these people? I guess this balances off the story about the response to Haiti by Trinis in donating to the Red Cross. Trinidad is indeed a primitive,  insensitive and vile society when its ready to be.

My condolences to the families of  Rikki Balroop, Rickson Lalla, Marvin Seebaran and Sardiya Sharma. God bless.