New Grant tractor driver crushed in Tableland accident

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New Grant tractor driver crushed in Tableland accident

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Photo by Lincoln Holder A 31-year-old New Grant man was crushed to death under a tractor that capsized in a forested area in Tableland on Thursday morning. Tractor driver Shaheed Kabul died at the scene off Gaffoor Road, where he was transporting logs from the area to the roadside. Kabul’s cousin Roger Mahabir said he got a phone call at around 9.30 am about the accident and headed to the […]

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