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Guyanese gets US$1.6M bail for fatal Pennsylvania building collapse
Philadelphia, US- A judge has set bail at nearly US$1.6M for a demolition contractor charged in a fatal building collapse in Philadelphia.
Sean Benschop had previously been held without bail on six charges of involuntary manslaughter.
Bail: Sean Benschop
Prosecutors argued at a preliminary hearing yesterday that Benschop is a flight risk. They say that he was born in Guyana, is not a U.S. citizen and has used numerous aliases.
Defense attorney Daine Grey countered that his 42-year-old client turned himself in after police issued an arrest warrant in the case. Investigators say Benschop was impaired by marijuana and painkillers on June 5 when he operated heavy equipment on a vacant building under demolition. A four-story brick wall collapsed onto the adjacent Salvation Army thrift shop, killing six people and injuring 13.
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