{"id":2765,"date":"2026-07-24T11:41:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/?p=2765"},"modified":"2026-07-24T11:41:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:41:59","slug":"marabella-man-dies-in-late-night-crash-while-overtaking-traffic-on-southern-main-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/?p=2765","title":{"rendered":"Marabella man dies in late-night crash while overtaking traffic on Southern Main Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A late-night drive for a loaf of bread ended in tragedy for a Marabella family when 42-year-old Troy Sonilal lost control of his car and died in a crash along the Southern Main Road.<\/p>\n<p>According to police reports, Sonilal was attempting to overtake traffic when his vehicle veered off the roadway and slammed into a metal gate and pipelines owned by Paria Trading Company Ltd. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>A 30-year-old nurse from Rio Claro, who was a passenger in the car, sustained minor injuries and was taken to the San Fernando General Hospital. Hospital officials confirmed she was in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Sonilal\u2019s mother said her son had left home to buy a loaf of bread and never returned. She described him as her only child, a kind and trouble-free man who was well-liked in the community.<\/p>\n<p>Police are continuing investigations into the circumstances surrounding the fatal crash. No other vehicles were reported involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scene of a fatal crash on Southern Main Road in Marabella.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-trinidad-and-tobago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}