(Trinidad Express) Sharon Arneaud, the wife of Michael Arneaud, Trinidad and Tobago’s former ambassador to Washington, DC, was killed on Saturday night when a 32-foot boat piloted by her husband slammed into a cliff at Monos Island off Trinidad’s western peninsula.
Arneaud, 69, a former president of the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Commerce, suffered serious injuries in the accident.
His wife of 40 years, Sharon Arneaud, 64, died in the crash while three close friends sustained multiple injuries. Sharon Arneaud was involved in the local golf fraternity. Others injured in the crash included Miami-based physician Dr Ormond Mendes, his wife, Judy Mendes and a friend, Patricia Pantin. Around 7.15 pm on Saturday, Michael Arneaud was at the wheel of the one-year-old boat called Sisu.
He and the other passengers were travelling from Gasparee Island to Monos.
A close friend, Maria Nunes, said they attended a church mass on Gasparee Island following which Michael Arneaud offered to take Dr Mendes, his wife and Pantin back to Monos Island where they were staying.
That night the skies were clear but there was no electricity on Monos Island.
An eyewitness who spoke to reporters said: “I was relaxing when suddenly I heard a loud explosion.”
