Police are now seeking the public's help in identifying a man of African descent who suddenly collapsed and died on Independence Square, Port of Spain, just after noon yesterday.
Police suspect the man, who was dressed in a black jersey and jeans and appears to be in his late 50s, died from a heart attack.
Eyewitnesses said they saw the man "beating up" on the road moments after he collapsed and not long after blood was seen coming out of his eyes.
Dozens of people, part of the lunch time crowd on the hustle in the city, were shocked to see a man lying on Independence Square during the noon rush hour and immediately gathered around him.
Some people were seen making frantic calls on their cellphones to the Global Medical Response of Trinidad and Tobago (GMRTT) and were heard pleading for an ambulance.
Two police officers and two soldiers on foot patrol in the city quickly rushed over to the crowd on noticing the commotion and attempted to take control of the situation, ordering the crowd to step away from the man.
One of the officers, who checked the man's pulse began to apply CPR, but failed in his efforts to resuscitate him. He was however criticised by some onlookers who felt he was not doing the CPR right.
The man was declared dead by the police officers who covered the corpse with a sheet long before the ambulance arrived. Surprisingly when the ambulance finally arrived the attendants removed the sheet and began feeding him oxygen, while onlookers further criticised the officials for covering the man before the ambulance could arrive on the scene.
Onlookers were also inscenced by the tardy response of the ambulance, eyewitness said the ambulance arrived on the scene more than 20 minutes after they received the distress call.
One women said when she called the ambulance, someone told her that none was in at the time and they were waiting on one of the ambulance to return from Diego Martin.
Police officers said they found no kind of identification on the man's person, not even a wallet. Police said they could not say if he was robbed.
They are now pleading with anyone who may know him to come forward and claim him. The man's body is at the mortuary of the Port of Spain General Hospital.
