Three families are in mourning today after a fatal road accident yesterday claimed the lives of birthday boy Alex Lalla, fireman Romel Rambally and Kareem Simon.
According to police, the men were heading South along the Uriah Butler Highway, Chaguanas, in a blue Toyota Corolla driven by Lalla, a fitness coach at Raw Fitness Health Club, around 4.30 am when the accident happened.
Police said on nearing the Munroe Road Overpass, Charlieville, Lalla crashed into the pillars of a walkover.
Passing motorists called for help and Chaguanas police, the Highway Patrol Unit, Chaguanas fire-fighters and ambulances responded. However, Simon, 29, of Claxton Bay, Lalla, 27, of Couva and Rambally, 32, of Golconda, had already died.
Photos of the crash posted online showed massive damage to the front end, with the engine being pushed into the cabin area of the vehicle.
Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident.