The woman who struck by a taxi along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway on Wednesday night has been identified as resident of Yarrowkabra.
Region 4 (B) Commander Kurleigh Simon said the woman was identified yesterday as Parbattie Wilfred, 27, of Yarrowkabra, also on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.
Simon said the woman’s body is currently at the Lyken Funeral Home as police await an autopsy.
Police Public Relations Officer Jairam Ramlakhan, in a statement, said the accident occurred at approximately 11 pm on Wednesday in the vicinity of Moblissa Bridge, Linden-Soesdyke Highway.
Police investigations revealed that the driver of the hire car, a 50-year-old resident of Amelia’s Ward, Mackenzie, Linden, was proceeding west on the southern carriageway in HD 119. He is alleged to have been speeding.
The police statement said that at the time “…the victim suddenly began walking across the road from north to south into his path and he applied brakes but because of the short distance, the vehicle collided with her.”
She was taken to the Linden Hospital Complex in an unconscious condition and was subsequently pronounced dead on arrival.
A breathalyser test administered to the driver following the accident did not find any alcohol in his breath.
