Chester Requeña
The lifeless body of a man was found near mile two and a half on the George Price Highway on Wednesday, April 28 and investigators have since determined that he was the victim of a vehicle hitting him. 53-year-old Chester Requeña, a winemaker, was walking along the highway just before 8:00 p.m. when his life was cut short. According to his family, it is a stretch of road their loved one traversed quite frequently and they were always fearful that he would one day lose his life. He was knocked down multiple times before but on Wednesday, their worst fears were realized.
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Requeña was a winemaker who lived at mile four off the George Price Highway which is just down the road from where he lost his life. Requena says that she always feared for her brother’s safety.
Andrea Requeña
“Every day he come into the city. He usually do his lee business because he sells wine and so they know him as wine man or danto – that’s how people him. Yesterday on my way home I see ah when I mi deh inna the bus and I just stared on him until I get outta sight and that was the last time I saw him. We tell ah about it mek he nuh ride on the road at night because one of these nights he will get knocked down. This is like the third time he get knocked down and before that he mi lose one of his teeth and this is his last.”
April, 2021
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