Attorney-at-law Sophia Chote was yesterday resting at home, nursing injuries she sustained in a car crash which claimed the life of her infant son on Tuesday. A close associate, who spoke anonymously in a telephone interview yesterday, said Chote was severely traumatised by the loss of her son Lucas. Four-year-old Lucas died while receiving treatment at San Fernando General Hospital Tuesday.
Both he and his mother were taken to hospital after Chote's SUV skidded off the southbound lane of the Solomon Hochoy Highway, close to the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, just before 3 pm Tuesday. Chote, 45, who runs a successful private practice in her law chambers on Edward Street, Port-of-Spain, was discharged from hospital yesterday after she was kept for observation by doctors at the San Fernando hospital. Detectives from the Mon Repos Police Station are investigating.