Rel­a­tives of a man killed in a fa­tal road traf­fic ac­ci­dent in Char­lieville on Christ­mas night say they are not con­vinced that a re­cent in­crease in fines for traf­fic of­fences will be enough to im­prove road safe­ty, and they are call­ing for more proac­tive polic­ing.

Po­lice said the body of 40-year-old Sum­raj Bhag­wan­deen was found on a con­crete me­di­an on the Uri­ah But­ler High­way, near Jern­ing­ham Road, around 9 am on Box­ing Day morn­ing.

The pre­vi­ous night, a dri­ver in the area re­port­ed that she may have ac­ci­den­tal­ly struck Bhag­wan­deen, as she told po­lice she re­called see­ing a “shad­ow-like fig­ure” run across the high­way. The woman, how­ev­er, did not see any­body af­ter the im­pact.