Sascha Wil­son

Co­cal/Mafek­ing coun­cil­lor Renelle Kisoon yes­ter­day called for road safe­ty mea­sures at Grand La­goon junc­tion in Ma­yaro, where the ac­ci­dent that took the life of Siri­ta Mo­hammed oc­curred last week.

Kissoon made the call dur­ing Mo­hammed’s fu­ner­al at the Grace Fel­low­ship Fam­i­ly Church in Mafek­ing Vil­lage. Kisoon said she grew up next door to Mo­hammed and con­sid­ered her an aunt.

Mo­hammed, 45, a moth­er of three, was stand­ing at Grand La­goon Junc­tion with her son Daniel, 23, when she was struck and dragged by an SUV.

Kisoon said she was shocked and shak­en at the way Mo­hammed was killed and called for im­me­di­ate ac­tion to en­hance safe­ty at the junc­tion, not­ing that Mo­hammed’s death was not an iso­lat­ed in­ci­dent.

“As we mourn to­day, I must use this mo­ment to re­new our call for swift and de­ci­sive ac­tion to im­prove our road safe­ty in Trinidad and To­ba­go and Ma­yaro,” she said.

Kisoon called for safe­ty mea­sures, in­clud­ing traf­fic lights and pedes­tri­an cross­ings, to pre­vent fur­ther tragedies.

She told Mo­hammed’s fam­i­ly that she and her col­leagues at the Ma­yaro Rio Claro Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion, along with Ma­yaro MP Rush­ton Paray, are com­mit­ted to ad­vo­cat­ing for jus­tice for those af­fect­ed by ac­ci­dents at that lo­ca­tion and said Mo­hammed will be deeply missed for her kind­ness, faith, and love.

Mo­hammed’s daugh­ters She­ma­iah, 15, and Sheari­ah,13, spoke about their moth­er’s un­wa­ver­ing love and de­vo­tion. She­ma­iah de­scribed her as “a beam of light who kept every­one warm” and ex­pressed the pro­found im­pact of her loss.

“You were the best ad­vi­sor, com­forter, friend and moth­er. If I had to say any­more it would take the whole day. Your love for us was amaz­ing and self­less,” she said.

“I just want you to know that no one can ever take your place. You are in my heart­beat for­ev­er.”

Fol­low­ing the ser­vice, bur­ial took place at the Radix Pub­lic Ceme­tery.

A mo­torist has been ques­tioned by po­lice about the ac­ci­dent and in­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.