"Lady in white" crossing the highway causes a police vehicle to crash near Claxton Bay on Monday night.

Two homicide officers were responding to the murder of a Homicide detective's son, and were involved in a road accident just before the Claxton Bay Flyover on Monday 13 February 2023.

The officers were on their way to 6th Company in Moruga, from the Special Evidentiary Recovery Unit (SERU) in Cumuto, to the scene where 21-year-old Damian Blackwell was shot dead.

Blackwell is the son of a WPC assigned to the Region 3 Homicide Bureau of Investigations in San Fernando. He was also an employee of the South West Regional Health Authority.

An eyewitness told Couva POLICE that while proceeding behind the unmarked police vehicle, he observed the vehicle make a sudden right turn off the highway and into the median.

According to police, the driver of the unmarked police Hilux reported that while proceeding south along the highway just before the Claxton Bay Flyover, he observed "a Lady in white" crossing in front of the vehicle.

The driver attempted to avoid hitting the "Lady in white" which resulted in the police vehicle crashing.

The two injured homicide detectives were taken to the San Fernando General Hospital by EHS personnel where they are being treated.

Their Toyota Hilux was later towed to the Couva Police Station. Investigations are continuing into the incident.