Former WI cricketer dies in accident

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former West Indies middle order batsman Runako Morton died in a vehicular accident on last night, police confirmed.
Police said that Morton, 33, originally from Nevis, was the sole occupant of the vehicle that crashed into a utility pole on the Solomon Hochoy Highway in Chase Village in central Trinidad. He was on his way home from a cricket game.
The accident is reported to have occurred at around 11.00pm (local time).
Morton had played 15 Test matches, 56 One-day internationals and seven Twenty20s for the West Indies since making his international debut in 2002. He last played in February 2010 in a Twenty20 against Australia in Sydney. (CMC)