Police are trying to ascertain the identity of a man who died on the spot early yesterday morning after he was struck by a pickup truck and subsequently run over by a trailing car. The victim, a short, squatty individual of East Indian descent, appeared to be a destitute in his mid-thirties. The man had no form of identification on his person.Eyewitnesses claimed that the accident occurred around 02:30 hours on Saffon Street, Charlestown.A security guard employed at a nearby establishment told this publication that the incident occurred in a matter of minutes. The man said he was in his guard hut from where he heard a loud bang.He related that a guard from another location ran over and informed him that someone had been struck by a vehicle.“I heard a loud noise, like a bang, but I say must be a cow or something get knock. But then me friend run to me and tell me ‘watch a man just get knock down.’”The man said he left his post and went to the roadside where he observed the victim’s mangled body lying on the thoroughfare.? The security guard said his friend related to him that the victim was struck by a speeding pick-up.He recounted that the victim was lying in one lane while he and other persons tried to signal the passing traffic to take notice of the injured man on the street. He said a car that was leaving the city, was heading straight for the injured man, and someone indicated for the driver to take the other lane to avoid the victim. However an oncoming vehicle forced the driver to swerve back into his lane and the victim was run over and dragged a short distance from where he was originally lying.The guard said that he was told by his friend that the driver of the pickup was speeding, and continued with the same pace after hitting the victim.“Me friend ent get to see the licence number cause he said it was too dark, but he seh de same speed de pickup jam de man wid, is de same speed it continue wid.”He told this publication that the victim received serious injuries and looked “mash up” since several bones were protruding from various parts of his body. Both of the man’s arms appeared broken, while his left side was “torn away” and there were large lacerations on his legs.An ambulance arrived some time later and the occupants checked the injured man’s pulse. It was determined that he was already dead. The body was left on the parapet until members of the Lyken Funeral Parlour collected it around 05:00 hours, the guard told Kaieteur News.The other guard said that he did not see when the man was struck but noticed an open back,holesale NFL Jerseys, dark-coloured pick-up speeding away from the scene. The man said a shed in the compound where he guards was blocking his view, but after going onto the road,Cheap Jerseys From China, he saw someone lying on the street.“I hear de blam, but I thought was a cow or some dog,NFL Jerseys China Online, because I know dem thing does deh all over de place,Cheap NFL Jerseys Store, but when I look…I see is a human being.”He said when he approached the injured man, he was still alive,Cheap Jerseys From China, but his breathing was “light”. He added that the man was not moving because he was seriously injured. “He whole left side de open and he foot de crush, it had large cuts and bones dem de showing.”The man added that a taxi driver heading to the airport with a foreigner ran over the injured man when he swerved from an oncoming vehicle.? He said he gave a statement to the police about what he saw but was surprised to know that the taxi driver was still in custody up to late yesterday afternoon.Up to press time,Jerseys NFL Cheap, staffers at Lyken said that the body was still unidentified.