"They let the man who bounce down and kill my wife go. I want justice!" Primdath Sookoo said after he received a telephone call that the teenaged driver who allegedly struck and killed his wife on Saturday was released from the Mayaro Police Station. Darling Arjoon, a URP checker, and her family were on their way to Mayaro beach to celebrate her 48th birthday and her son's 26th birthday when an accident claimed her life and left seven family members injured.
Arjoon's sister, Vicky, remains warded in serious condition at the Sangre Grande Hospital. Everyone else was treated and discharged.Police confirmed that a statement was taken from the driver and on instructions from the Director of Public Prosecutions he was released pending further investigations.On the brink of tears yesterday at his Britto Trace, Brothers Road home, Sookoo recalled that 12 family members left in three cars to go to the beach. Sookoo and his wife were in different cars.
Sookoo said ataround 3 pm at Bristol Village along the Naparima Mayaro Road a car struck his son Ravi Churkoo's car. His wife, daughter-in-law Vida Ramnanan and her brother Vijay Ramnanan, were passengers in that car.He said his son pulled alongside the car to talk to the driver about reporting the accident to the police. He said when they came out of their vehicles some of them were knocked down by a vehicle when ended up in a drain.
Sookoo said he ran to his wife who was unconscious and bleeding."There was blood everywhere. Her heard buss up. I lift her up and put her in the car. On the way to the hospital I give her two sip ah water and then she pass away in my arms," he said.
"My wife did not deserve to die like this. I want justice. I need justice for this. I am so shocked by what happened."
Sookoo said he and Arjoon had been in a common-law-relationship for the past 26 years and have three children. Their 17-year-old daughter was also injured in the accident.He said the police have notyet taken any statements from the family.An autopsy is expected to be performed on Arjoon's body today at the Forensic Sciences Centre, Port-of-Spain and her funeral is tentatively planned for Wednesday.