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Causing death driver granted $650,000 bail
One of the drivers from the accident on the Mahaicony Park Public Road on December 10 that claimed the life of Ramlakhan Samaroo has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
Garfield Ralph 47 of Cumberland East Canje Berbice appeared on Friday, before Magistrate Ali at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court and was granted bail in the sum of $650,000.
According to reports on Monday December 10 Ralph was heading towards Georgetown in his car when in the vicinity of Mahaicony Park, he overtook another vehicle and headed back into his lane. He subsequently slowed down and the vehicle behind him ran into his vehicle. Samaroo who was a passenger in the other vehicle was seriously injured.
The 67-year-old of Novar, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, was rushed to the Georgetown hospital where he succumbed at about 16:30 hours on Tuesday.
A post-mortem examination which was performed on his body on the 17th by Government Pathologist Dr. Nehaul Singh at the Georgetown Hospital give the cause of death as a fractured spine and other injuries.
Ralph’s case has been transferred to the Mahaicony Magistrate’s Court, where he is scheduled to return on January 14, 2013.
The other driver was not charged.
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