The dead man’s grandmother, Adalene King (seated) with other members of her extended family. Standing behind her is her daughter Joan Gladstone who discovered King’s body on the road. (Cullen Bess-Nelson photos)

When King met his death, about 04:10h, the truck was proceeding in the opposite direction to which he was walking.

His head and left side body were smashed, relatives said.

The dead man’s aunt, Joan Gladstone, who is also his next door neighbour, recalled that she was going back to her house in a car, around 05:45h, when she saw the ill-fated truck parked at the roadside and a body lying on the roadway.

She did not know it was her nephew’s until she got close to where Police ranks were already on the scene.

David King (wearing scarf on head) along with other family members while their Kuru Kururu home was being constructed.

At her home, where the Guyana Chronicle visited her, other relatives said King left at 19:00h and said he would be back around midnight.

They speculated that he had been imbibing and must have been a little disoriented when returning, because he was heading in the wrong direction and had gone well past his home.

The accident happened a short distance away from Ideal Refrigerators factory.

King’s grandmother, Adalene King, with whom he and other members of the extended family grew up at Kuru Kururu, lamented his passing, noting that he was a great help to her and the younger ones since they relocated, from Kimbia, Berbice River, in 1996.

The deceased also leaves to mourn his mother, Alvina Williams, four brothers and three sisters.