Drama at Belvedere: Truck Brakes "Punched" Two Victims

Four died within 24 hours. This is the death toll recorded on our roads, Wednesday, March 21. The latest incident occurred at a current of mid-day, near Belvedere, where a motorcyclist and a farm worker died after a truck carrying sugar cane has suffered a failure in the braking system .

Banunsingh Soogreem, 51, was riding his motorcycle, while Nirmala Judhoonunnen, 54, was sitting in the box of the truck when the accident occurred. The motorcyclist and the truck driver borrowed a rugged main road that links to a cane field, and the two rolled in the opposite direction.

Seeing the truck pounce on him, Banunsingh Soogreem has done anything, because he was in a narrow corridor. That's when he was hit by the vehicle. Police said the victim died instantly. His body was left hanging in the truck and was dragged several meters.

Meanwhile, Nirmala Judhoonunnen not understand why the driver did not stop. He explained to police that he saw the fifties being violently thrown to the ground before being crushed by the rear wheel of the vehicle. She also died instantly.

This does not mean that the driver was able to slow the truck. A hundred yards away, he is determined to finish his run in the cane field before reaching the main road and avoid other victims. Immediately alerted the emergency services and police were summoned Broken-Verdière at the scene. The driver was taken to the police station, while the bodies were transported to the hospital morgue Victoria, Candos.

At 14 hours, police used a tractor-trailer attempting to remove the damaged vehicle. A task that proved difficult because it still had no brakes. Finally, late in the afternoon, elements of the SMF have been made to perform the operation.

At home and Soogreem Judhoonunnen at Lallmatie, nobody can find the words to explain what happened. " So far we do not know the circumstances of the accident. I just hope the police we clarify a bit more about this tragedy , "says Nirmala's brother Judhoonunnen.

It is the wish of the relatives also Banunsingh Soogreem who question the speed at which the truck was traveling."For a vehicle ends up well, and in such a path, I wonder if the driver would not have given a boost which proved fatal," says the wife of the motorcyclist.