Second victim dies in tow truck tragedy

Alleyne’s mother, Yvonne Alleyne lamented yesterday too much blood is being shed daily in one form or another.

At the Forensic Science Centre in St James, she said, “Every day someone drowns, someone is burnt, someone is murdered or someone is killed in an accident. We are a small country. Just a drop in the ocean. We cannot continue this way.” On Sunday at about 5pm, Alleyne’s tyre blew-out while he was driving. Newsday was told he parked his car and called the wrecking service owned by Khan. It was while Khan was assisting Alleyne that the driver of a silver Nissan AD Wagon ploughed into them. Khan was pinned to the back of the wrecker, while Alleyne was pinned underneath.

Alleyne died at hospital. The driver of the runaway car was taken to the Chaguanas Police Station for questioning and remained in custody up to late yesterday.

Khan and Alleyne’s relatives described them as loving, jovial, family oriented men.

Alleyne was a father of nine children, the youngest of whom is five years old. Khan was a father of two. His youngest child was the same age as Alleyne’s.

Alleyne’s daughter Nakita could not contain her tears as she spoke about her father.

“I will miss everything about him,” she said while being supported by relatives yesterday.

“He was always making us laugh. He always had something funny to say. He would always make us feel better when we were down and always trying to encourage us to better ourselves and do good.” Khan’s wife told Newsday he worked every day to provide for his children. She said she and their children were out when they heard the news.

She said they arrived at the scene shortly after the accident happened, but the children could not bear to see their father in such a state.