Fatal accident in Quatre-Bornes: sadness and anger as relatives of Padmowtee Ramloll

13 years, 3 months ago - 17 August 2011
Fatal accident in Quatre-Bornes: sadness and anger as relatives of Padmowtee Ramloll
Relatives and friends Padmowtee Ramloll not believe it. The sexagenarian capita Quatre-Bornes was killed in a car accident, Tuesday, Aug. 16, at St. Jean Road, she crossed the road on a pedestrian crossing.

Victim of a terrible car accident, Padmowtee Ramloll, 62 had a terrible end, this Tuesday, Aug. 16. The sixties was violently cut short by a van on the walkway, near the offices of DCDM at Quatre-Bornes.

Police said the victim was well into the pedestrian crossing when the truck, which rolled towards La Louise, was severely hit. The vehicle is literally passed him on the head. Alerted by the sound of braking, a small group of onlookers had massed around the lifeless body of the sixties.

A witness to the accident stated that he did not know what to do when he saw the body of the latter dying in a pool of blood in the middle of the road. "We must admit that if I could, I could rescue the woman. But given the severity of his injuries, I could only see her pushing her last breath," he says.

At the same time as emergency services were on their way, a policeman who was on duty near the scene of the accident alerted reinforcements. It took some time, despite the traffic jams at the entrance of St. John the road to the ambulance arrives on the scene. But it was too late. Padmowtee Ramloll had already succumbed to his injuries.

The driver of the van was arrested by police in Quatre-Bornes. He appeared in court in Rose-Hill and meets a provisional charge of manslaughter. He was released on bail. The body of the deceased himself has been embedded in a police vehicle to be transported to the morgue. The autopsy revealed the victim died of a fractured skull.

The home of the deceased, in Quatre-Bornes, it is both a feeling of sadness and anger that drives the family. They have wished to pay their last respects to the one we saw as "the mother of all."

"It is true that we want to shed light on the circumstances of the accident. That said, the destiny and decided to do so we must accept it even if it is hard, 'says a friend of the deceased. The funeral of Padmowtee Ramloll will be held this Wednesday, August 17.