AN off-duty maxi-taxi driver was killed on Wednesday when the vehicle he was driving collided with a truck along the Eastern Main Road, Arima.

He was identified as Nigel Cain.

Police said that sometime around 3.30 p.m., Cain was driving his Mitsubishi pick-up in the company of another person in the front passenger seat when a truck heading in the opposite direction slammed into his van. The collision caused both vehicles to veer off the road. As a result, both Cain and the man sustained injuries, and were both taken to the Arima Hospital via ambulance where Cain was pronounced dead on arrival.

The truck driver sustained slight injuries according to police.