A 24-year-old man was killed while his friend was injured during an accident in Freeport this morning.
Kiel “Ravi” Ali, a foreign used car parts salesman, of Maingot Street, Calcutta # 2, died on impact.
Sometime after 4am, a man on his way to work saw the accident along Mission Road. Ali’s car, blue Honda Civic, had apparently crashed into a concrete wall near RC Enterprises.
The man went live on Facebook asking that someone contact the emergency services because he was not getting through to them.
Shortly after, around 4.22 am the police arrived at the scene.
They saw Ali’s friend Kadesh Singh, 20, of Singh Ave Freeport who was sitting in the front seat when the accident occurred was bleeding and leaning against a wall. He had cuts and bruises about his body.
Singh also suffered a broken ankle. He was taken to the Couva Health Facility and then transferred to the San Fernando General Hospital. Investigations are ongoing.