A Cunu­pia woman who at­tempt­ed to es­cape a run­away truck and ran across the road to avoid be­ing mowed down, was still killed af­ter be­ing struck and thrown sev­er­al feet away in some bush­es.

See­ta Ja­groop, who was al­so fond­ly called Aun­ty An­nie, was said to have been wait­ing on a taxi at Wash­ing­ton Junc­tion, South­ern Main Road, Ca­roni, around 11.50 am yes­ter­day when the ac­ci­dent oc­curred.

Eye­wit­ness­es said the 52-year-old was on the south­ern side of the road when she saw the trail­er truck ca­reen­ing out of con­trol.

The vic­tim, who lived at Mon Plasir Road, Cunu­pia, was said to have been alone and ap­peared to make the hasty de­ci­sion to cross the road, imag­in­ing she would be safe.

It is be­lieved the dri­ver at­tempt­ed to evade hit­ting Ja­groop and tried to steer the truck away but end­ed up cross­ing the me­di­an and col­lid­ed with her head-on.

Ja­groop’s body was flung in­to near­by bush­es up­on im­pact, while the truck ran off the road and over­turned.

The dri­ver was said to have sus­tained a bro­ken leg.