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Owner of hit-and-run vehicle charged with breach of insurance

Apr 22, 2010 News

– cops still to ascertain who was driving

The owner of the car that struck and killed Ramona Harris, on Good Friday, has been slapped with two charges of breach of insurance. But police are still trying to ascertain who was driving when the accident occurred.
Traffic Chief, Neil Semple, confirmed Tuesday that Mahase Chunilall, of Lot 36 South Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, was charged with breach of insurance and permitting the use of an uninsured vehicle.
According to police, Mahase’s vehicle, PMM 3248—formerly HB 6471—was not insured at the time.
The second charge relates to the fact that Mahase has denied that he was at the wheel when Ms. Harris was killed.
Senior Superintendent Semple said that Mahase pleaded not guilty to both charges.
The Traffic Chief said that he is still perusing the information that has been collected, since “a lot of stuff has to be clarified.”
In a previous interview, Semple had told Kaieteur News that the vehicle owner, now identified as Mahase Chunilall, alleged that he loaned his car to an overseas-based relative on Good Friday night.
According to Chunilall’s statement, when the relative returned the car, the owner observed that it had sustained some damage.
Chunilall also claimed that the relative returned overseas the following day.
The owner, accompanied by an attorney, visited the Brickdam Police Station.
Traffic Chief Semple said that the investigators verified that an overseas-based relative of the vehicle owner was in Guyana and had left the country the day after the accident.
Ramona Harris, a mother of one, was walking along the main road in Diamond Housing Scheme on Good Friday night when a car struck her from behind. The driver fled the scene.
Harris sustained multiple injuries and succumbed at the East Bank Demerara Regional Hospital.

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