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– took vehicle without father’s consent   Seventeen year old Gidram Rasiawan in the Toyota Tundra shortly after the crash.The driver of the Toyota Tundra, a motor pick-up which was involved in the horrific smash-up with a minibus Sunday night, that resulted in the death of two persons, was way over the allowable alcohol limit, according to the Guyana Police Force.Seventeen-year-old Gidram Rasiawan, of Eccles, East Bank Demerara, was granted bail in the sum of $7,500 after he pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol. He appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, mere hours after the smash-up.On Sunday night at about 21:00 hours, Rasiawan was the driver of  motor pick-up GLL 6514, proceeding along the Mon Repos Public Road, allegedly at a fast rate, when he lost control of the vehicle and collided with minibus BMM 8260 which was proceeding in the opposite direction.The smash-up resulted in the deaths of minibus driver Godfrey Daniels, 42, of Ann’s Grove, and passenger Shondell Yaw, 36, of Annandale, ECD.According to the police 14 other persons who were in the minibus were taken to the GPHC where seven were admitted for various injuries.Hospitalized are Savitri Mohandas, a nurse attached to the GPHC; Eldon Reynolds, 78; Janel Nichol; Police Constable Nigel Roach; Ramona Sugrim; conductor, Troy Peters and Krystel Seeram.Yesterday at the hospital, the conductor’s mother, Pamela Peters, said that the badly mangled bus belongs to her. She claimed that her son does not usually conduct the minibus but somehow did on Sunday when the fatal accident occurred.The injured Peters, whose condition is listed as stable could not talk because his face was swollen and his lips were badly bruised.Eldon Reynolds, a 78-year-old pensioner, who was returning home when the accident occurred, is nursing a fractured right arm and abrasions to his face. His condition is listed as stable.All the other patients, some of whom declined to speak to this publication are said to be in stable condition.Police sources informed this newspaper that the young driver of the pick-up truck underwent a breathalyzer test shortly after the accident and was found to have an alcohol level of 1.4. The legal limit is 0.5.The young driver in his defence for the crash, blamed the condition of the road.But although he was granted bail, the teenager remains in police custody pending further charges, which could include causing death by dangerous driving, being an unlicenced driver and taking the vehicle without the consent of the owner.Kaieteur News understands that Rasiawan is only licenced to drive a motorcar. His father who owns the Toyota Tundra reportedly told police that the young man took the vehicle from his home without his consent.“The DUI charge has already been established so that is why he was taken to court right away for that. We are awaiting the post mortem results before slapping him with the other charges,” a police source on the East Coast Demerara told this newspaper. He added that the young driver could reappear in court as early as tomorrow.Drunk driving has been responsible for a significant number of deaths on Guyana’s roads, despite the implementation of new legislation to deal with the scourge.A traffic official on East Coast Demerara saw the need for more breathalyzer kits to effectively police the busy thoroughfare which is the main link between the capital city and the ancient county of Berbice.“If we get more kits, we will be able to deploy them to more areas,” the official told Kaieteur News.