A Mayaro woman became the country’s latest road fatality yesterday, after she was knocked down by an SUV.
Fire officials reported that at 11.15 am, Shurika Mohammed, 45, was standing at a corner in Eccles Village, when the driver of an SUV hit her, dragged her some 60 metres and only stopped after hitting a lamppost.
Mohammed, said to be a mother of three, was pinned under the vehicle. She was rushed to the Mayaro District Health Centre where she died while being treated.
—Jensen La Vende