00:00A horrific crash along the foreshore just after Movietown has left one truck driver dead and another injured.
00:07The crash that happened just after 1 p.m. caused major traffic along the westbound lane of the foreshore.
00:14Mark Massant has the story.
00:16Motorists traveling along the foreshore westbound lane just after 1.25 p.m. today
00:21were confronted with a fatal collision involving a dump truck that struck a truck driver who had been on the
00:27side of the road tending to his truck.
00:28The dead man has been identified as 66-year-old Lennox Sylvan of Rich Plain, Dago Martin.
00:34Investigators told TV6 News that Sylvan appeared to be having trouble with his dump truck
00:39and stopped to look into what was possible mechanical problems.
00:43While tending to his truck, this garbage truck heading westward struck Sylvan,
00:48throwing his body between the tray to cab gap of his truck.
00:52Fire officers later arrived on the scene and spent considerable time trying to remove Sylvan's body
00:57that was lodged between the tray to cab gap of the truck.
01:01The driver of the garbage truck, who police say was also injured,
01:04was taken to the Port of Spain General Hospital for treatment.
01:07Investigations are continuing into the accident.
01:09Mark Massant, TV6 News.
01:11We have been on the side of the bus.886
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