The Police at Linden yesterday arrested the owner of a lorry for questioning after it was involved in a hit-and-run accident which

killed a 32-year-old man in the early hours of yesterday morning.

The lorry that killed Earl Abrams.

Dead is Earl Abrams, who was struck down as he was on his
way home by a truck laden with logs at Kairuni on the Linden Highway.

According to the dead man’s brother, Leon Abrams, his brother
who burns coals, had left home the night before to check on the coal
pit. He then left friends after 3.00h for home, and it was around 5.30h that a
neighbour who was on her way to the creek nearby saw his body lying on the road.

The police were summoned to the scene.
It is believed that the driver of the lorry had stopped when he hit Abrams, but then drove away. He was later caught by the Police at Loo Creek.

Sunil Roopnarine, the driver and owner of the lorry, was accompanied back to Linden and was in police custody for questioning, as relatives and friends gathered at the scene of the accident. .

DRIVER: Sunil Roopnarine

A member of the family recalled that a couple years ago an uncle had died by

accident not too far from the spot where Earl Abrams was killed.

The time of the accident indicates that the driver was in breach of the regulations for use of the Linden Highway by trucks and lorries and other heavy duty equipment.

Police prohibit logging trucks and other such vehicles from traversing the Linden Highway during hours of darkness. Such vehicles are allowed to use the highway only between 6.00h and 18.00h.