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Kuru Kururu Accident…Motorcyclist faces four charges, pays $55,000 fine
Travis Simeon, 24, on Thursday, appeared in the Providence Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Leron Daly, to answer to four charges, among them being an unlicensed driver, breach of Insurance, and two other charges. To these charges he pleaded guilty, and was ordered to pay a total fine of $55,000 on all four charges.
Richard Paramdeo
These charges were instituted after Simeon was involved in a motorcycle-pedal cycle collision with Richard Paramdeo, 15, a few months ago in the Kuru Kururu cemetery area. Paramdeo died just over a week ago at the Linden Hospital Complex.
Whether charges will be instituted for the accident and the death of Paramdeo are yet unknown, as the matter has been sent to the DPP for advice.
Paramdeo’s parents Taramdeo Ramdat and Babita Ramdin are disappointed that the motorcyclist has not been charged. They were initially given the idea that his court appearance was for that reason.
However, they are still clinging to the hope that they will get justice despite it is not clear who might have been at fault at the time of the accident.
On the day of the accident, Paramdeo was riding his cycle on his way home from school when he collided with Simeon who was riding his motorcycle, in the Kuru Kururu Cemetery area. He was rushed to the Guyana Defence Force’s medical centre in Timehri, then to the East Bank Regional Hospital and later transferred to the GPHC.
Paramdeo suffered severe head injuries and was in an unconscious state from the time of his admission to the hospital, he never regained consciousness.
Simeon suffered a broken jaw and internal bleeding. He went through a series of surgeries before he was discharged.
Simeon has expressed much remorse following the accident and has been co-operating with the authorities.
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