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Thirty-one-year-old Crystal George has died in a car crash.

Her 8-year-old daughter Kaisha Neckles is nursing injuries.

According to police reports Ms. George lost control while driving in the Petit Bourg area yesterday morning.

Police reports say at around 7am Ms. George was heading to the home of relative to drop off her daughter.

However, upon reaching Irving Street she lost control of her Almera motorcar and careened off the road.

Police reports say, Ms. George missed several homes and landed in some bushes at Osbourne Lane.

She suffered severe head injuries and broken limbs.

The mother of one was rushed to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex but died at around 2 pm.

Her daughter, suffered broken arms and one of her legs is also broken.

Up to news time last evening the child was listed in a serious condition at the hospital.

Police believe the brakes of the car may have malfunctioned.

Investigations are continuing. 

Days after she was reported missing the body of Keitisha Cudjoe’s body has been found.

The body was found by a Beekeeper in the heights of Aripo last Friday.

Yesterday Ms. Cudjoe’s friends positively identified it.

The mother of one was 21 years old.

Ms. Cudjoe was last seen at her home at Harding Place, Cocorite on Monday January 24^th.

She was later reported missing when she failed to return home.

Four days later her unidentified body was found 75 feet down a precipice at the Heights of Aripo.

Friends at the Forensic Science Center in Federation Park identified the body yesterday.

They used her clothing, shoes and glasses to positively identify her.

A post mortem is to be conducted.

The semi nude decomposing body was discovered on the Friday afternoon at around 5:15.

Arima police were called to the area.

Ms. Cudjoe’s body was found a short distance from where Andrea Bharatt’s remains were discovered in 2021.

Ms. Bharatt disappeared on January 29^th.

Pan Trinbago is preparing itself for some disappointment because not all bands will be able to participate in upcoming Panorama competitions.

President of the pan body Beverly Ramsey Moore says many pan men and women are not vaccinated and will not be able to join their bands this year.

Carnival 2022 organisers are insisting only the vaccinated can attend and participate in competitions.

All locations will be safe zones.

Mrs. Ramsey Moore says that will pose a problem for some bands, including hers.

Mrs. Ramsey Moore is hopeful but the realities may work against her band and others.

She says at the end of today there will be a clearer picture as to how many bands can compete.

The body of a man was found on a riverbed under a bridge at Fondes Amandes Road, St. Anns yesterday morning.

Police say the body was wrapped in plastic.

A passer-by found the body at around 11:30am.

Up to late last evening there was no positive identification of the body.

The man was of African descent, slim built and appeared to be in his twenties.

Police believe the man was killed elsewhere and his body dumped by the river.

And gunmen are said to have stormed the home of 33-year-old Karreem Braveboy Bailey and shot him dead.

The incident occurred on Granado Street, Barataria last Saturday morning at around 9:30.

Reports say his death came less than a week after a 12-year-old boy was shot and wounded at Granado Street in Barataria

Residents in the area say they heard the shots on Saturday and later found Mr. Bailey in a room of the house.

Mr. Bailey was already dead when he was found.

Mas makers have started construction on costumes for the King and Queen competitions.

President of the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival Band Leaders Association Rosalind Gabriel says her fraternity was elated by government’s green light for carnival, albeit a scaled down event.

Recently Prime Minister Keith Rowley said government would allow some aspects of carnival to take place, what is being called a taste of Carnival.

Ms. Gabriel says Mas creators are excited.

Last week, entertainer and Band Leader Ronnie Mc Intosh said this year’s festivities should not be called a carnival, because in his opinion, it is not.

Yesterday, Ms. Gabriel said while some may see the initiative as a waste of time, mas makers would do anything in order to present their craft.

She was speaking on TV6’s morning edition program yesterday.