Otto Carrington
The family of Janelle Armstrong is calling on whoever is responsible for her death in Saturday’s hit-and-run accident to come forward.
Armstrong, of Edinburgh 500, was killed shortly after 12 am on the north bound land of the Uriah Butler Highway in Caroni.
The mother of 10 was in the company of her husband and her aunt in a Ford Ranger which crashed into a light pole.
Her husband and the rear passenger suffered serious injuries and were taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex.
Janelle’s mother, Vilma Robinson told Guardian Media, “Janelle and her husband were taking their aunt home and what my son- in- law told me is that he saw a bright light to the back of him and then he heard a screeching noise from the vehicle behind him and then they heard a loud sound and they were hit from behind and he lost control and slammed into the light pole.”
She appealed to whoever is responsible to– “Please come forward. My daughter is a good child and she was a good woman but now she is dead. Please come forward and admit what you did, my daughter doesn’t deserve to go like this please come forward.”
Robinson said her daughter left behind 10 children– the eldest 19 years old. Her last child is six months.
The family said the only piece of evidence of the car which hit the couple’s vehicle is a piece of a licence plate on the side of the roadway.
Investigations are continuing.
