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GARDENER Jameel Ali, 49, and his 24-year-old son, Qadir, were "always together", his wife, Bettie, said yesterday.
The duo tended to their garden together, sold the produce they picked together, and yesterday on the West-bound lane of the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway in St Augustine, the duo died together.
According to police reports, around 3.25 a.m., father and son were both killed after the Mazda pick-up truck they were travelling in burst into flames after a collision with an Audi Sport Utility Vehicle. The pair were burnt beyond recognition in the fire. Their van was crumpled into a burning ball and the Audi was also completely destroyed by fire, investigating officers said.
The Audi was driven by 21-year-old Khalil Karamath, son of the owner of contracting firm HKL Ltd, Hafeez Karamath, police said. Karamath is said to have walked away from the accident with minor injuries.
Just before midnight on Tuesday, Jameel and Qadir left their home at Jackson Street, Petit Bourg, to go to the National Agricultural Marketing Development Corporation's (Namdevco) farmers' market in Macoya, Bettie said yesterday. They went to the Macoya market to sell the celery, zucchini and sweet pepper produce they picked at their Mt Lambert farm earlier in the day.
The duo normally returned home from the market around 4 a.m. And when Jameel's father, Kenneth, did not see his son and grandson return home after 5 a.m., the family became panicked. Several calls to their cellphones remained unanswered, fuelling fear and speculation by the family, Kenneth said.
"When I didn't see the van in the driveway at five this morning, I began to worry. What if they get robbed? What if the rain caused them to be unable to sell the produce?" Kenneth said.
So Kenneth and Bettie decided to take a road-trip to look for the missing duo. When they arrived at the Macoya market, a farmer there said that father and son left the compound together sometime after 3 a.m. yesterday and Qadir was driving.
When Kenneth and Bettie passed the highway where the fatal accident occurred, all they saw was burnt debris from the vehicles being washed away by fire officers. They never thought it could be their missing relatives who were the victims in the accident.
However, it was a 6 a.m. radio newscast about the accident, and the deceased passengers of a van, that alerted the Alis to the possibility to finding their lost relatives.
Kenneth later visited the St Joseph Police Station, where he identified the burnt shell of his son's van. He collapsed at the entrance to the police station after he saw it.
Bettie later identified the bodies at the Forensic Science Centre in St James, where the autopsies were done yesterday.
Jameel was looking forward to celebrating his father's 80th birthday next month, Bettie said.
And Jameel's mother, Sheila, who was said to have recovered from illness earlier this week, was said to be distraught by the deaths.
Sgt Patrick of the St Joseph Police Station is continuing investigations.
Father, son die in crash
By RHONDOR DOWLAT Thursday, July 16 2009
A FATHER and his son were burnt to death in an early morning crash yesterday along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway. The accident involved another vehicle, driven by the son of a contractor. The father and son were returning to their San Juan home after selling vegetables at the Macoya market.
The father and son were identified as Jameel Ali, 47, and Qadir Ali, 24, of Jackson Street, Petit Bourg, San Juan.
According to police reports, shortly after 4 am yesterday a black Audi SUV driven by Khalil Karamath, son of contractor Hafeez Karamath, was proceeding west along the highway when the accident occurred.
Police said Karamath was driving along the centre lane when a white Mazda pickup van, heading in the same direction, swerved onto the centre lane from the left lane, slamming into the Audi Q7 SUV.
Police said that on impact, the van burst into flames and flipped over several times, trapping both father and son inside who were burnt to death. The Audi, police said, also flipped over several times before landing at the side of the road. Karamath, police said, received no injuries.
A party of officers from the St Joseph Police Station, including PCs Rollocks, Lucien and Gopaul arrived on the scene along with fire appliances from the San Juan and Tunapuna Fire Stations. The fire officers had to use their hydraulic cutter ‘Jaws of Life’ to cut free the charred bodies from the wreck. The bodies were removed and taken to the Forensic Science Centre in St James.
A female relative, identified only as Jameel’s niece positively identified both bodies.
Karamath could not be reached for comment. However, police said up to late yesterday they were yet to take an official statement from him. Investigations are continuing.
SR wrote:
not aware they owned a q7
he drives a black range rover
and also thanks Maserati, for the aritcle.
corollalover101 wrote:based oh the extent of damage, and the distance of travel that Q7 was doing in excess of 140kph ( being conservative ), cannot see a vehicle swerving in the path of it resulting in that result
cute corolla wrote:money can and will get that driver off...u'll see, not that im supporting that, but just watch.
there was an accident couple years aback where a guy (parents owns some whoelsale business), hit and killed a boy on a bicycle. the driver got off scotch free..and im sure money had a big part to play in that
Soundwave wrote:http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/scot%20free.html
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