Distraught Mother Of Five Tells Of Tacirua Freak Road Accident
According to Police, the driver of the vehicle had allegedly lost control of the vehicle causing it to veer off the road. It hit a house before plummeting down a cliff.
Tuesday 22 September 2020 | 09:32
Left: Wife of accident victim Olivia Bulutani with her sons holding the picture of their late father and grandmother. (back from left) Asaeli Bulutani, 17, Ledua Bulutani Junior, 8, (front from left) Robert Bulutani, 12, and Jone Bulutani, 5, at their home in Namadi, Suva on September 21, 2020. Photo: Inoke Rabonu. Right: Ledua Bulutani.
Isa, noqu Ta! (Oh my dad!)
These were the painful words uttered by five-year-old Jone Bulutani, who lost his father and his grandmother in a freak road accident along Tacirua on Sunday afternoon.
He was holding onto his father’s picture as his mother, Olivia Lele Bulutani, retold the tragic moments of losing her husband and mother-in-law.
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Wife of accident victim Olivia Bulutani with her sons holding the picture of their late father and grandmother. (back from left) Asaeli Bulutani, 17, Ledua Bulutani Junior, 8, (front from left) Robert Bulutani, 12, and Jone Bulutani, 5, at their home in Namadi, Suva on September 21, 2020. Photo: Inoke Rabonu
“We had big plans for our boys but I will have to make sure that I fulfil them all in his memory,” Ms Bulutani said.
According to Police, the driver of the vehicle had allegedly lost control of the vehicle causing it to veer off the road. It hit a house before plummeting down a cliff.
The national road death toll stands at 22 compared to 38 for the same period last year.
Edited by Ranoba Baoa
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