Min­is­ter of Works and In­fra­struc­ture Em­manuel George is call­ing on Sea Lots res­i­dents and oth­er pedes­tri­ans to use the pedes­tri­an cross­ing near Pi­o­neer Dri­ve to cross the Beetham High­way.This comes in the wake of the deaths of a 28-year-old moth­er and her daugh­ters who were killed there by a car dri­ven by a po­lice of­fi­cer a on Feb­ru­ary 24.

Haydee Paul and her daugh­ters–Ruthie, eight, and Shaki­ra, sev­en–lived at Pi­o­neer Dri­ve. The three oth­er vic­tims of the crash were Aman­da Lal­la, Abi­gail Ass­ing and Ryan Ram­per­sad, al­so of Pi­o­neer Dri­ve.Min­is­ter of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Jack Warn­er and Works and In­fra­struc­ture Min­is­ter Em­manuel George promised to build a walkover for res­i­dents.Traf­fic war­dens were post­ed soon af­ter at Pi­o­neer Dri­ve to help pedes­tri­ans cross.

In a tele­phone in­ter­view yes­ter­day, George said that the planned walkover was still in the mak­ing."Yes, there is a lot of work to be done and de­signs for it. How­ev­er, there are a lot of util­i­ties in the area," he said."We put a pedes­tri­an cross­ing push but­ton. We did the same thing as with the one as City Gate with the traf­fic sig­nal. It is there 24 hours a day ,come rain or sun­shine. It can­not get sick like a traf­fic war­den can, and it is more ef­fi­cient. We are ask­ing for the res­i­dents to use it," he said.

Ass­ing's sis­ter Ayesha said she had been dis­charged from the hos­pi­tal and was in good health."She is walk­ing now and do­ing good," she said.Lala's daugh­ter Davi­ka, said her moth­er had been moved from the In­ten­sive Care Unit to an or­di­nary ward. How­ev­er, Pearl Ram­per­sad said her son re­mains in the ICU.

"He has spon­ta­neous move­ment and might move his eyes or his hands. I try­ing to find who to talk to and been to dif­fer­ent wards to talk to doc­tors. Just keep him in your prayers," she said.