The family of a 68-year-old man who was struck by a car and killed on Saturday is calling for stricker penalties for speeding.
Ramesh Rajkumar, also known as “Butty”, was killed around 4 pm as he was about to cross the Southern Main Road, near Deonarine Junction, Mc Bean. He was the 16th road fatality for the year.
Eyewitnesses told police the driver was speeding.
His nephew, Prakash Rajkumar, said one of his uncle’s feet was still on the pavement while the other was on the road when the car struck him.
Rajkumar crashed onto the windscreen, shattering it, bounced off and then fell into a concrete drain. Several people ran to his aid and pulled him out of the drain. However, he died on the pavement, despite attempts by the paramedics to resuscitate him.
Rajkumar said that stretch was once known as the death strip because of the amount of fatal accidents which occurred there.
Couva police are investigating.