A 21 year old drag-racer was killed yesterday in Couva.

He has been indentifed as Nabeel Shah, of Baksh Avenue, Freeport.

According to reports at about 12.15 am, Shah was drag racing his motorbike along the Campden air strip when, at about 50 feet from the finish line, he lost control, and fell off the bike as it crashed.

He was rushed to hospital but he was pronounced upon arrival.