-while fleeing police
National footballer Sheldon Levi , 33 years-old and his 31 year-old wife Alicia Levi, were killed on the spot yesterday morning at approximately 10:30 hours on Camp and Norton Streets, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, as their Suzuki 600 motorbike collided with a car that jumped the major road.

Eyewitnesses recalled that the footballer was escaping from a police van, because he and his wife were not wearing helmets and as they were about to cross Norton Street the bike collided with the speeding car.

Meanwhile, when this newspaper visited the home of the dead man’s relatives at 5 Shirley Field Ridley Square, the atmosphere was tense as the family tried to cope with the tragedy.

The father of the deceased footballer, Linden Levi said he learnt of the incident through a telephone call from an anonymous person. He recalled that the person was reluctant to say whether the accident was fatal.

Levi said he hurried down to the scene and confronted his deepest fear, by seeing the lifeless bodies of his only son and his daughter-in-law on the road. He said his daughter-in-law had only returned from the United States on Saturday night with her one-year-old son to celebrate the New Year. He stated that the couple had left home around 10:00 hours yesterday to deliver cash to relatives and friends when tragedy struck.

Levi said his son also returned home from the US about three months ago and played football in Linden three Fridays ago in the Kashif and Shanghai football tournament. The footballer played for Western Tigers.

Trying to hold back tears Sheldon’s father said he was his only son remaining, as his other son had died at an early age.

“He was my last son, my other son die at an early age and Sheldon was the only son remaining and one girl, now look at what happen now. This is a real nightmare for this family,” said Levi.

Sheldon and Alicia Levi leaves to mourn their one-year-old son Tyrie Levi and many other relatives and friends.

Police had detained the car that was involved in the accident and are conducting further investigations. (Nathalene Defreitas).