Thrown from car: Jonathan Persad
Fire officers examine a section of the car which was driven by Jonathan Persad, following his death in an accident on the Solomon Hochoy Highway, Pointe-a- Pierre, on Friday night.
—Photo: TREVOR WATSON
—Photo: TREVOR WATSON
Teenager Jonathan Persad wanted to become a pilot and was working to earn money to fulfill his dream.
But a last-minute decision to have a drink with some friends turned deadly on Friday night when he lost control of his car and crashed along the Solomon Hochoy Highway.
Persad, 18, was driving his red Honda Civic motor car north along the highway when the accident occurred around 7.15 p.m.
His car crossed the median and slammed into an Audi motor car heading south.
Four other vehicles were involved in the crash, causing a massive traffic pile-up for almost three hours on both lanes of the highway.
Persad, an assistant supervisor in his father's contracting company, was thrown out of the vehicle and died on the spot. Two passengers in the Audi car were taken to the San Fernando General Hospital in stable condition. Three others were treated and discharged.
His father, Vindra Persad, said his company was contracted by Petrotrin to work at its Pointe-a-Pierre refinery.
"And when we finished work, I told my son I am going home. He told me go ahead, he coming just now. But when I reached home, an hour passed and he didn't come, so I called, and he said he was liming with some of the boys and he will come just now," he said.
Minutes later, his son's girlfriend called to say he was in an accident.
"His girlfriend, Blossom, called and said her mom was on the scene. I asked for her mom's number and called. She told me my son was in an accident and died," he said.
Jonathan Persad lived with his parents and three siblings in Calcutta No 1, Freeport.
His mother, Shantie, brother and two sisters were traumatized by his death.
Vindra Persad said his son completed his secondary school education and had applied to a university in Canada.
"We did all the paperwork. And he said he will work with me and make some money for when he started the university. He wanted to become a pilot, and he was really working towards that dream," he said.
Persad said he was close to his first son and was looking forward to spending Father's Day with his children today. "Everything for him was his daddy. We were very close. Look in his wallet; he always had a photo of me over his," he said.
The body was removed to the San Fernando General Hospital mortuary where an autopsy will be performed.
St Margaret's police are continuing investigations.
Persad, 18, was driving his red Honda Civic motor car north along the highway when the accident occurred around 7.15 p.m.
His car crossed the median and slammed into an Audi motor car heading south.
Four other vehicles were involved in the crash, causing a massive traffic pile-up for almost three hours on both lanes of the highway.
Persad, an assistant supervisor in his father's contracting company, was thrown out of the vehicle and died on the spot. Two passengers in the Audi car were taken to the San Fernando General Hospital in stable condition. Three others were treated and discharged.
His father, Vindra Persad, said his company was contracted by Petrotrin to work at its Pointe-a-Pierre refinery.
"And when we finished work, I told my son I am going home. He told me go ahead, he coming just now. But when I reached home, an hour passed and he didn't come, so I called, and he said he was liming with some of the boys and he will come just now," he said.
Minutes later, his son's girlfriend called to say he was in an accident.
"His girlfriend, Blossom, called and said her mom was on the scene. I asked for her mom's number and called. She told me my son was in an accident and died," he said.
Jonathan Persad lived with his parents and three siblings in Calcutta No 1, Freeport.
His mother, Shantie, brother and two sisters were traumatized by his death.
Vindra Persad said his son completed his secondary school education and had applied to a university in Canada.
"We did all the paperwork. And he said he will work with me and make some money for when he started the university. He wanted to become a pilot, and he was really working towards that dream," he said.
Persad said he was close to his first son and was looking forward to spending Father's Day with his children today. "Everything for him was his daddy. We were very close. Look in his wallet; he always had a photo of me over his," he said.
The body was removed to the San Fernando General Hospital mortuary where an autopsy will be performed.
St Margaret's police are continuing investigations.
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