Cop kill mother, two kids in car collision

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):

At least four people, including a mother and two children, were killed when a vehicle driven by an off-duty police officer crashed into them on the Beetham Highway, just on the outskirts of the capital yesterday, police said.

Police were called to maintain law and order after angry residents burnt tyres and blocked the highway, claiming that the driver, whose name was not released, had been speeding and lost control of the vehicle.

Police have identified those killed as 27-year-old Hady Paul, her children, eight-year-old Akasha and seven-year-old Shakira. One unidentified person later died in hospital.

Police said that they could not confirm rubber bullets had been used to subdue the protestors, but indicated that a section of the highway had been closed.