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Police constable suspended for riding in overcrowded bus

Sep 26, 2013 News

A female police constable, assigned at the Charity Outpost was sent on leave, after it was reported she had traveled in an overloaded and speeding minibus. The vehicle was at the centre of an accident, on Tuesday, at Andrews, Essequibo Coast.
Minibus BRR 694 was at the time transporting mostly school children to the Charity Secondary School. The female police officer was also a passenger of the overcrowded minibus, which was allegedly, had some fifty passengers.
The minibus which was heading north, on the Andrews Public Road collided with a sports utility vehicle at Andrews before toppling and subsequently landed in a nearby trench.
While the occupants experienced a near death situation as the bus ended up in the trench, no serious mayhem was reported. However, some of the occupants sustained minor injuries.
Recently, A Partnership For Unity, Regional Councillor, Wazeer Latiff, who is maintaining that in the event  where a police officer is traveling in an overloaded and speeding minibus,  some form of penalty should be meted out to that officer.
Latiff added that police officers should respect their profession and not to become friendly with the perpetrators.
Over the past two to three weeks, the Essequibo Coast has recorded two fatalities. Shameer Mohamed, one of the two accused has since been charged and remanded in the matter of causing death by dangerous driving.
The other accused, Fitzroy Lloyd, has been released on station bail and advice is being sought by the police from the chamber of the Director Of Public Prosecution in connection with a charge against him.

 

 

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