New York Daily News

Kin recall devoted dad as always ‘excited and jovial’

- BY THOMAS TRACY, ESHA RAY AND LARRY MCSHANE

A beloved Queens DJ, the father of two girls, was thrilled to he and his wife was expecting a baby boy next year.

But his dream of welcoming the newborn disappeare­d in a lethal instant at a neighborho­od intersecti­on, with motorcycli­st Udeshnauth “Harry” Hariper-saud killed after his bike skidded into the front end of a 2014 BMW 535i sedan.

“He’s the type of guy who was always excited, always jovial,” longtime friend Roshan Shiwcharra­n recalled Tuesday. “If he walked into a room and saw you were sad or upset, he comes over to lifKin t you up, cheer you up. That’s really who he is.”

The 40-year-old Haripersau­d leaves behind two daughters, age 16 and 14, along with his three-months pregnant spouse. The wife hasn’t slept since the Friday crash took her husband — who walked away from two earlier crashes, said her brother Avinda Persaud.

“It’s a huge shock to them,” said Persaud. “He was pretty young but he also had a presence. He was a strong person. He would get knocked down but he could always pull through. No one really believed this would happen to him.”

The 40-year-old victim was just a mile from his South Ozone Park home, headed to a neighborho­od Home Depot, when he crashed Friday.

In one of the prior wrecks, Haripersau­d flipped over the front of the motorcycle after he was rear-ended, said Persaud.

Haripersau­d and his wife immigrated from Guyana shortly after the turn of the century, and were married in Queens.

“His entire life was music and his family,” the brother-in-law said of the man known profession­ally as DJ Frontline. “If he wasn’t with his family, he was out playing music somewhere, DJing, doing shows. That was his entire life.”

Facebook videos from a memorial service showed Haripersau­d’s eldest daughter Divya bravely rememberin­g her dad.

“He might not be physically with us, but his soul and spirit is alive,” said the teen. “He will always be with us. And dad, I know you’re watching over us right now. We love you so much and we will always love you.”

The victim, who also worked as a FedEx diesel mechanic, was an experience­d motorcycli­st.

Cops said the BMW was stopped at a stop sign at the intersecti­on of 120th St. and Linden Blvd. as Haripersau­d approached on his bike.

As the BMW started moving forward on 120th St., Haripersau­d’s 2006 Honda CBR motorcycle, headed west on Linden Blvd., skidded onto its side and struck the the car, with the mortally-injured motorcycli­st left lying in the street, police said.

Haripersau­d died a day later at Jamaica Hospital from head and body injuries. No charges were filed against the uninjured 30-year-old BMW driver.

A funeral is planned for this coming Tuesday, with the victim’s parents headed from their home in French Guiana for the sad farewell.

“His wife, the family, the devastatio­n is just beyond . . .” said Shiwcharra­n, his voice trailing off. “His daughter, she would look at his picture and start screaming and faint.”

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