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Authorities are investigating a fatal road incident that occurred early Saturday morning on Elliot Avenue in Pottersville. The collision, which took place around 7:30 a.m., involved a pedestrian and a blue four-door Suzuki Swift bearing registration number TQ 807.<\/p>\n
According to the Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (CDPF), the vehicle was owned by Jonah Austrie of Grand Fond and was being driven at the time by 21-year-old Kacey Cadette of Castle Bruce. The pedestrian, identified as Heskeith Francis, a male adult residing at 28 Elliot Avenue, was struck by the left front of the vehicle while Cadette was traveling in a northerly direction.<\/p>\n
Emergency services responded promptly, and Francis was transported by ambulance to the Dominica China Friendship Hospital. He was later pronounced dead by a medical doctor. His body remains at the hospital pending a postmortem examination.<\/p>\n
The Traffic Department, in collaboration with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the CDPF, has launched a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the collision.<\/p>\n
In an official statement, the CDPF extended its deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased, Heskeith Francis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities are investigating a fatal road incident that occurred early Saturday morning on Elliot Avenue in Pottersville. The collision, which took place around 7:30 a.m., involved a pedestrian and a blue four-door Suzuki Swift bearing registration number TQ 807. According…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":256387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,301,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-346222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accidents-tragedy","category-death","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n