Two killed as car slams into tree

As of Thursday, December 18, 2014

By SANCHESKA BROWN

Tribune Staff Reporter

sbrown@tribunemedia.net

TWO MEN are dead and another is fighting for his life in hospital after the car they were in slammed into a mango tree on East Street shortly after midnight Tuesday.

Police reported that three men were driving south on East Street in a 1997 gold coloured Honda Accord, when the driver lost control of the vehicle, which crashed into a tree. Two were pronounced dead at the scene, the third was taken by ambulance to the Princess Margaret Hospital, where he is listed in critical condition. Investigations continue.

In other news, police arrested four men, ages 33, 17, 16 and 15 and two women, ages 29 and 25, when they were found with more than 2lbs of marijuana after a search of a home in Garden Hills #2 around 10am on Tuesday.

The six suspects were taken into custody and investigations continue.

Anyone with information on any of these incidents is asked to contact police at 911 or 919, the Central Detective Unit at 502-9991 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 328-TIPS.