A Police corporal remains under close arrest as the body of the 20-year-old victim has been positively identified as Anastasia Kerr of Hope, East Coast Demerara.
The woman was killed while she was attempting to cross the road when she was hit by a vehicle being driven by a policeman, who was said to be above the legal alcohol limit. Relatives say that Kerr was trying to make ends meet for her daughter who celebrates her birthday today.
Simona Persaud, her mother said this was her 2nd child to be killed in a road accident. She spoke about raising her three children without a father.
The woman said her daughter endured some terrible times at the hands of the father of her child.
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Relatives said she was always trying to make ends meet and now in her death, it’s a struggle for them to find money for her burial.
The police are still probing the story.