WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The death of his common-law-wife a day after his nephew’s grave digging, has caused retired groundsman, 66-year-old Kenrick Forrester to sink further into grief.

Forrester is questioning what his life will be now that his partner of eight years is dead. He told OBSERVER ONLINE that his spouse, 41-year-old Aneita Swearing, went to do a transaction at the Western Union in Savanna-la-Mar on Saturday afternoon when upon returning home she was struck by a police service vehicle that was on a high speed chase in his community of Belle Isle Road, in Grange Hill Westmoreland.

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Forrester’s nephew also died in a crash a few months ago in Negril, in the parish.

“I asked her to collect some money from Western Union and on her way back I get to find out my wife was on the right hand side on the banking. The vehicle hit the light post and go up in the air and drop on top of my wife and mash her up and kill her off. And leave me now to do what?,” a distraught Forrester questioned.

Forrester said he has not slept since the incident.

“Last night, whole night I don’t shut my eye. Mi a pray fi day light,” he tearfully told OBSERVER ONLINE.

He is hoping to get some answers from the police regarding the death of his soulmate.

“Justice, justice and even if I get any [compensation] it still won’t help cause I have lost a love one. I could call up on her during thick and thin,” he stated.

A community member who identified himself as Xavier, is also crying for justice for Swearing.

“Bwoii it is a tragic thing, that lady is silent and don’t give any problem. Suh fi see her get a death like that the whole community feel it. It’s a very sad thing when we saw the crash site. But I would like to see some justice served for this lady,” the resident stressed.

Meanwhile, Member of Parliament for Westmoreland Western, Morland Wilson, who visited the grieving family on Sunday afternoon, told OBSERVER ONLINE that he will have word with the senior superintendent of police for the parish regarding a review of their internal operations.

“Condolences to the family members of Ms Swearing. For Westmoreland in particular, there must be some operational plan developed because we have one of the highest concentrations of motorbikes in the country,” Wilson said.

“The police will definitely have to review their internal operational procedures to see how best they can have a preventable mechanism to prevent any further incidents like these,” he stressed.

– Kimberley Peddie