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Aug 20, 2009 News
Mahendranauth Singh, 21, of 202 Industry Housing Scheme, was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Priya Beharry to answer traffic charges related to the death of two minors.
Singh was charged for dangerous driving causing death, failing to report an accident, failing to stop at the scene of the accident, and failing to render assistance to two minors whom it is said he ploughed into as a result of speeding.
The incident is alleged to have occurred on August 16 on the Tuschen Public Road, East Bank Essequibo were it is said that Singh drove motor vehicle PLL 6744 in a manner dangerous to the public, thus resulting in an accident that claimed the lives of Amisha Alli and Ricky Kumar.
As stated in court Amisha’s head was severed as a result of the impact.
The Police Prosecutor told the court that Singh had to be speeding to have severed the head of the minor on impact. It was also related that he drove away from the scene of the accident without stopping.
There were disagreements between the prosecution and Singh’s attorney about the exact location of the accident and the latter noted that there was a grandmother with some eight children who were crossing the road, which resulted in Singh swerving to avoid hitting them.
The lawyer said that the deceased were among the set and panicking turned back and ran into the path of the car that was being swung away by his client to avoid them.
He said there were no skid marks on the road to indicate that his client was speeding, emphasizing that Singh had stopped but drove away since an angry crowd had gathered and were about to attack him.
To this the prosecution suggested that such claims were untrue, since Singh did not even attempt to stop at the Leonora Police Station but was heading for Georgetown when he was intercepted by police.
Bail was refused and the matter was transferred to the Leonora Magistrate’s Court for further deliberations on August 29.
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