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Aug 14, 2020 News
The driver of a car, which crashed on Monday along the Soesdyke Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was on Tuesday charged for causing death by dangerous driving. He was placed on $250,000 bail.
Shaquille Henry, 25, of Oval Retrieve, Linden, Region 10 appeared before Her Worship Judy Latchman at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court. He pleaded not guilty to the dangerous driving charge and is expected to return to court on August 31, 2020.
It is alleged that on August 10, 2020 Henry was driving a hire car HD 1029 in a dangerous manner which caused the death of Quamie Dalton, 24, and injuries to his friends. Dalton was a minibus conductor of Ice House Road, Timerhi, East Bank Demerara.
According to reports, Dalton and four others were heading home from a birthday party at Supply, East Bank of Demerara in the car driven by Henry. At around 02:00hrs, Henry lost control of the vehicle, which he was driving and struck a median, veered off the road and crashed into a light pole before toppling several times.
Eyewitnesses had told this newspaper that the car was speeding down the wrong side of the road and then made a sudden dash back to the right side causing it to slam into a light pole. The car reportedly then ascended a sand heap, sailed through the air and landed on a minibus parked at the side of the road.
Public-spirited citizens assisted in pulling Dalton and his friends from the wreckage before they were transported to the Diamond Diagnostic Center by ambulance. An unconscious Dalton was treated and placed on a life support machine while his friends were treated and referred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). Dalton died later that morning at around 06:00hrs.
Henry had told investigators that a “blow-out” of one of the car’s tyres was the cause of the accident.
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