The wife of Arnold Kissoonlall, the maintenance worker who was killed in a hit-and-run accident along the Providence Public Road on Monday, is hoping the driver will be arrested and brought to justice.
Sophia Kissoonlall yesterday told Stabroek News that at this point she has a lot of unanswered questions about the accident. “….In terms of who hit him? Which vehicle hit him? We don’t know onto now. Everybody claiming they didn’t see anything,” Sophia said.
“Me ain’t got words to describe them because you just don’t do somebody like duh. They is somebody husband, this is somebody brother, somebody father. How can you just knock somebody down just like dah and left them pun the road side? They belongs to somebody,” she added.
The accident occurred around 3.30 pm on Monday. Kissoonlall, 43, a father of four of Lot 46 Nelson Street, Mocha, East Bank Demerara, sustained injuries to his head and died on spot.
The police had said that Kissoonlall, a maintenance worker attached to Texila American University, at Providence, was riding north on the western carriageway of the road when he was struck down by an unknown vehicle.
The police are calling for any member of the public who might have any useful information that may lead to the arrest of the perpetrator to contact them. Contacted for a comment on the investigation yesterday, Traffic Chief Linden Isles told Stabroek News that the police are pursuing some leads.
Isles expressed concerns about the manner in which the accident took place but most importantly how Kissoonlall lost his life.
Stabroek News also understands that checks were made by the police for eyewitnesses and CCTV footage but to date they have not yet obtained any useful information.
Sophia explained that based on what she was told, Arnold was on his way to purchase some items for a religious function at his work place when he was struck down. She also refuted claims that he was under the influence at the time of the accident. “He wasn’t drunk because he was working and he can’t drink on the work,” Sophia noted.
The grieving woman called for justice. “Because you can’t just hit somebody down and put them in a corner and gone. Is not a dog or something,” she said.
Sophia alleged that personal belongings were also taken from her husband’s possession following the accident. “He had money, about $10,000 that he did going and buy the stuff with and his bank card, that wasn’t found,” Sophia said. Sophia said yesterday morning she returned to the police station for an update and was informed that the police were about to return to the scene in an effort to continue their checks for CCTV footage. She added that the police told her they would call and update her on their progress but up to yesterday afternoon she hadn’t received a call.
