ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Jul 13 2015 – Hundreds of residents who all claimed they knew the country’s latest road fatality victim personally, gathered on the scene of his death on Sunday evening in shock and disbelief.
Troy Periera, 35, died after he reportedly lost control of his Suzuki GSX motor cycle, license plate number A25099, on which he was travelling west to east on the All Saints Road.
Police said the father of two — an eight year-old boy and a three year-old girl — fell from the black motor cycle just opposite his La Pasture home, at about 5:30 pm, making him the country’s seventh road fatality for 2015.
A doctor, who arrived on the scene at about 6:10 pm, pronounced the Guyana native and former Courts Antigua employee dead.
Police say they will continue to investigate the matter.
In January, construction worker, 51 year-old Murtland Bagot, also of Guyana, lost his life on the Sir Sydney Walling Highway after being thrown from a truck, which collided with another vehicle.
One month later, 46-year-old Caroline Tobin-John-Baptiste, of Guyana, was struck down while crossing All Saints Road. (Antigua OBSERVER)
