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Security guard killed in Valentine’s Day accident
A 54-year-old security guard attached to John Fernandes Limited was killed in a gruesome accident on Mandela Avenue around 06:20 hrs yesterday while on his way to work at John Fernandes wharf.
Peter Lashley
The dead man has been identified as Peter Lashley, a father of three of Tucville Terrace.
According to information received, Lashley who was on his motorcycle CE 5097 exited Meadow Brook Drive and failed to stop at the junction. He turned onto Mandela Avenue and ended up in the path of a truck, GJJ3700 that was heading north on the busy roadway.
Lashley’s head was crushed by the truck’s front wheel and his body ended up under the back wheel of the vehicle. His brain was scattered on the road and according to eyewitnesses, his eyes “popped out”.
Chandraj Lakraj, the driver of the truck, told this newspaper that he was at the back of a minibus and noticed when the bus swerved from hitting the man but by the time he could have stopped, the man rode into his path.
“The bus dash out from he and me try to dash out from he too but he ride straight into me. The bus man save he but me couldn’t save he,” the truck driver noted.
An eyewitness who was in a minibus behind the truck said that he heard a loud impact and saw when the truck driver suddenly applied brakes. He thought that the driver had hit an animal but on a closer look, he saw Lashley’s lifeless body under the truck.
“He (truck driver) could have applied breaks earlier. This man (Peter) was crushed by the front wheel and then he ended up under the back wheel. I had to shout on he (truck driver) to come off the man head. All he (Peter) head
Truck driver: Chandraj Lakraj
crush up and he eye come out,” the eyewitness said.
The truck driver was taken into police custody to assist with investigations.
Lashley was a former national soccer player. After he retired he began coaching Western Tigers and Georgetown Football Club.
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