An­na-Lisa Paul

Se­nior Re­porter

an­na-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt

The fam­i­ly of an 81-year-old grand­moth­er, who died af­ter be­ing knocked down as she was re­turn­ing home from buy­ing school­books for her grand­chil­dren, are plead­ing with the au­thor­i­ties to en­sure there is no cov­er-up re­gard­ing her death.

Grace An­so­lia, of Par­ris Boule­vard, Laven­tille, was struck by a car dri­ven by an off-du­ty po­lice of­fi­cer around 5 pm last week Thurs­day along the Pri­or­i­ty Bus Route, near the Ve­hi­cle Main­te­nance Cor­po­ra­tion of T&T (VM­COTT).

Griev­ing rel­a­tives spoke with re­porters at the Foren­sic Sci­ence Cen­tre, St James, on Mon­day, and said they on­ly want jus­tice to take its nat­ur­al course.

Fight­ing back tears, one man said, “She had books in she hand for her grand­son.”

In­di­cat­ing she was steps away from her home when the in­ci­dent oc­curred, an­oth­er claimed the per­pe­tra­tor “was dri­ving on the PBR while off du­ty and he don’t have a bus route pass”.

Un­sure of where the in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to her death had reached up to yes­ter­day, one of the men said, “She was a re­al lov­ing per­son ... loved all her chil­dren and grand­chil­dren.”

“If she had a mil­lion dol­lars, she would have shared with all of us,” he added.

De­scrib­ing her as the one con­stant in his life, a rel­a­tive who de­clined to be named lament­ed, “Every morn­ing, she would come and greet me every morn­ing.”

“She was a re­al nice woman ... she mouth might be lil hot some­times, but she al­ways had love in she heart for her fam­i­ly,” the rel­a­tive added.

Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands the 29-year-old po­lice con­sta­ble was ques­tioned and has since been in­formed that he may face pros­e­cu­tion fol­low­ing the find­ings of the in­ves­ti­ga­tions.