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Truck driver Suruanga Ouditnarine, 24, of 101 Williamsburg,Discount NFL Jerseys, Corentyne was yesterday placed on $300,000 bail by Magistrate Fabayo Azore when he appeared before her at the Albion Court on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.The case for the prosecution as presented by Corporal Sherlock King was that last Sunday (December 9) at Mangal Street, Kilcoy, Corentyne, Berbice, Ouditnarine drove motor lorry GMM 7368 in a manner dangerous to the public, thus causing the death of Ramnarine Madarsingh, an elderly man of Fyrish, Corentyne, Berbice, who was crushed to death.According to reports, the truck, which was transporting sand and other building materials at the time, was part of a fleet of vehicles being used in the rehabilitation of a street.The truck was allegedly backing up on the mud dam which was wet at the time due to the inclement weather to discharge the materials when it allegedly ran over the man who was standing behind the vehicle. The driver told investigators that he saw the man on the street and thought that he had passed him when he decided to reverse and was shocked when told that he had run over the man, who was under the truck.The victim’s son, Deonarine Madarsingh, stated that his father had no birth certificate or identification card and had worked for most of his life with a rice farming family at Number 19 Village, East Coast Berbice.A post mortem examination was conducted on Monday at the New Amsterdam Hospital which gave the cause of death as shock and hemorrhage due to internal injuries. |
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