A 26-year-old Chaguanas man surrendered to police Tuesday evening, four hours after he knocked a motorcyclist off his bike. The biker died two hours after he was struck.
According to police, the suspect, who was released pending further investigations, made a right turn from Jerningham Junction, Cunupia, onto the Southern Main Road when he collided with Simon Villafana. The 37-year-old was thrown from his motorbike. The incident happened around noon.
Police said Villafana was taken to the Chaguanas Health Facility and then transferred to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex where he died about two hours after the accident. Police said the driver never stopped and only returned to the Cunupia Police Station around 6.30 pm.
After the accident several social network users shared the licence plate number of the car that knocked Villafana off his motorcycle.
In another hit-and-run accident, a 67-year-old woman died after she was knocked down while crossing the Priority Bus Route. Eyewitnesses also recorded the licence plate of the vehicle, a grey Mazda 3, and have already received information on the owner of the car.
Police said around 9.30 pm Tuesday Angela Gonzales was crossing the PBR near Broome Street, close to Bermudez factory outlet, when the car, heading west, knocked her down and never stopped. Gonzales is the sixth person to be killed for the year in road traffic accidents.