A 57-year-old father of eight died on Wednesday after he was struck down by a sand truck on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway around 8 am, while returning home from work.
Ronville Roberts, of Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital. The man was a security guard attached to the COPS security firm.
Police in a press release said that investigations revealed that the driver of motor lorry GLL 319 was proceeding along the