The new section from Terre Rouge Verdun claimed its first victim yesterday Wednesday, February 5. Dhiraj Kissoondoal, 39, died in a spectacular accident at roundabout Valton little after 13 hours. The truck Bedford J Type 70 he was working as an assistant driver ended up in a river after smashing a parapet and tumbled down a ravine.
The inhabitants of the village of Queen Victoria - commonly called The Queen and located near the candy Fuel in Flacq - passed away in hospital Montagne Longue where he had been admitted for emergency first care. An autopsy conducted yesterday by the head of the forensic police department, Dr Sudesh Kumar Gungadin, attributed his death to multiple injuries.
According to police, the driver reported a braking problem, which would explain the tragedy.Itself and a second assistant driver are under medical observation, having been injured in the accident. All three were in the tiny cabin of the vehicle that is deformed in shock.
Investigators will seek expertise of the braking system of a truck carrying Bell Loader , a device used for the collection of the cane at the time of the accident. The version of the driver is taken with a grain of salt as a means of emergency stop is fitted just before the roundabout Valton.
In Kissoondoal is misunderstanding. Dhiraj is the second in a family of six children to die in a road accident. There are two years old, his brother Rajesh, 32, was hit by a bus to La Flora. The assistant driver leaves a widow and a daughter of 13 years.
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