A police report on the incident states that around 7:30am, the victim, 74-year-old Baldath Pagoo of Upper Phillip Trace, Tunapuna, was driving his blue Toyota Hilux along the Caura Royal Road, when it plunged off a 30ft precipice in the vicinity of Pool#2.
Officers from the San Juan Fire Station responded to the distress call and Officers, led hb acting Fire Sub Station Officer Seale went to the scene but the victIm was already dead.
His body was subsequently recovered from the vehicle and pulled up the precipice by fire officers.
Officers of the Tunapuna Police StatiOn are probing the incident.