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A woman, yet to be identified, is found dead at the side of a road in La Brea.

It is believed the woman is the victim of a hit and run accident.

Officers of the Southwestern Division found the body while on patrol.

The body was discovered along the Southern Main Road Union Village at around 3:30am yesterday.

The woman is of African descent and believed to be in her 50s.

Residents told police they saw the woman walking along the road earlier in the day.

Families of missing persons, fitting the description, are being asked to come forward.

The body is now at the San Fernando Mortuary.

A teenager falls to her death while being beaten by her father.

Her name is Aliyah Candace Alexander.

She was 16-years-old.

The incident is reported to have occurred at the girl’s home on Rig Road in Claxton Bay yesterday afternoon at around 4:10pm.

It is reported that the girl was being beaten by her father with a belt when she fell down a flight of stairs.

She was taken to the Couva Health Facility where she died while receiving treatment.

Aliyah was a student of Couva West Secondary.

The father is said to be a member of the Defence Force.

Investigations are continuing.

A car accident claims the life of the Director of Operations of the Woodford Café at Price Plaza, Chaguanas.

Fifty-two-year-old Martin Hatem, of Woodbrook, died at the scene of the crash near the Grand Bazaar Interchange on the Uriah Butler Highway.

ACP in charge of traffic Wayne Mystar yesterday said the accident occurred at around 2:15pm.

ACP Mystar said he was pronounced dead on the scene.

His death has brought the road fatality figure for the year to 27.

During the same period in 2021, the figure stood at 24.

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar is claiming government has acquired a piece of software and is now illegally spying on individuals some from within its own camp.

Mrs. Persad Bissessar last night said she has the list of names of people who are being closely monitored by the government of Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley.

According to Mrs. Persad Bissessar even police officers are involved.

She said the government has engaged some of them.

The leader of the United National Congress said What’s App messages are being monitored.

She said the software is from Israel.

Mrs. Persad Bissessar said her information has come from a whistleblower.

Three-year-old Maria Sophia Khan has drowned in a pool at her Gasparillo home.

Maria was rushed to The San Fernando General Hospital but it was too late.

The incident occurred around 2pm yesterday.

Reports say her mother, Mary Mahabir, was watching the child while she was in the pool in the yard of their Maharaj Trace home.

However, the mother is said to have left the child to go to the washroom and when she returned found her unresponsive.

At their home yesterday, Maria’s great grandmother Karen said she was recently warded for a week at the hospital because she was dehydrated and vomiting.

The family had set up the pool for Maria about 2 weeks ago, after she was discharged from the hospital.

PC Dass is continuing investigations.

This comes just days after 7-year-old Asiah Josiah drowned in a pool while visiting his grandparents at their Tableland home last Tuesday.

Five more patients have died of the coronavirus.

The fatalities were recorded over a 24-hour period before yesterday’s update from the Ministry of Health.

The death toll now stands at three 1,761.

The deceased are 3 elderly men, 1 elderly woman and 1 middle-aged man.

Four of them had multiple comorbidities.

The Ministry has also reported 230 new cases of the virus.

They were from samples taken between March 31^st and April 2^nd.

The total number of active cases now stands at 6,650.