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Christmas Day Accident Leaves Four Dead
By Patrick E. Jones on December 27, 2013
Four people lost their lives in a single vehicle crash on the Phillip Goldson Highway on Christmas Day.
The victims have been identified as Hector Gongora, 22; Henry Reyes, 20; Dulce Cobb, 17 and Shakir Monima, 23.
The four were traveling in a pickup truck, being driven by Gongora, when the crash occurred around 4:30 pm on Christmas Day.
Gongora, according to police reports, lost control of the vehicle between miles 7 and 8 on the Phillip Goldson Highway, ran off the road and crashed into a tree.
The four victims were extracted from the crashed pickup truck by personnel of the rescue team from the Phillip Goldson International Airport.