KEVON FELMINE

Se­nior Re­porter

kevon.felmine@guardian.co.tt

In­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to the death of cy­clist Col­in Wil­son are con­tin­u­ing at Skin­ner Park, with parts of the San Fer­nan­do sport­ing fa­cil­i­ty now re­strict­ed as au­thor­i­ties ex­am­ine the cir­cum­stances of the in­ci­dent.

Wil­son, 44, of Care­nage, died af­ter sus­tain­ing se­vere neck in­juries dur­ing the 2026 East­er In­ter­na­tion­al Cy­cling Grand Prix on April 3.

San Fer­nan­do May­or Robert Par­ris said sec­tions of the fa­cil­i­ty have been cor­doned off while in­ves­ti­ga­tions by the Oc­cu­pa­tion­al Safe­ty and Health Agency and oth­er bod­ies re­main on­go­ing. He said the San Fer­nan­do City Cor­po­ra­tion is co­op­er­at­ing with the process.

The may­or said ac­cess to the cy­cling and ath­let­ics ar­eas at the first-class grounds has been re­strict­ed to pre­vent in­ter­fer­ence with the site.

“The sec­ond-class ground is open. At the first-class ground, it is just the cy­cling track and field that are closed right now be­cause of the na­ture of what is be­ing done, so that no one tam­pers or in­ter­feres with the area un­til the in­ves­ti­ga­tion is done and we get the clear­ance,” Par­ris said.

He added that a coun­cil meet­ing was held last week to dis­cuss com­pli­ance and on­go­ing re­stric­tions.

Par­ris said oth­er parts of the fa­cil­i­ty re­main op­er­a­tional, in­clud­ing the au­di­to­ri­um and of­fice spaces.

He added that there are no re­stric­tions on the ten­nis, bas­ket­ball and net­ball courts.

The pub­lic en­trance at Cipero Street to the first-class grounds has re­mained closed since the in­ci­dent, al­though an event was held un­der strict con­di­tions.

The may­or said the cor­po­ra­tion will await the out­come of in­ves­ti­ga­tions be­fore mak­ing any de­ci­sions on the fu­ture of the cy­cling track.

He said the coun­cil will make a state­ment once in­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­clud­ed and it has con­fi­dence in Skin­ner Park. How­ev­er, he said they were al­so be­ing sen­si­tive to the sit­u­a­tion and to the Wil­son fam­i­ly.

“None of us ex­pect­ed some­thing like this to hap­pen and in such a trag­ic man­ner.”

Wil­son col­lapsed dur­ing the Six Laps Mas­ters 40 to 49 cat­e­go­ry event while com­pet­ing at the venue.

He re­port­ed­ly made con­tact with fenc­ing along the cy­cling track and suf­fered crit­i­cal in­juries.

He re­ceived on-site med­ical at­ten­tion be­fore be­ing trans­port­ed to the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, where he lat­er died de­spite ef­forts to re­sus­ci­tate him.