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Kuru Kuru fatal accident…$250,000 bail for motorcyclist on causing death charge
Travis Simeon, was yesterday slapped with a causing death charge, four months after he was involved in an accident that claimed the life of 15 year-old Dora Secondary School student, Richard Paramdeo.
Yesterday, Simeon was once again arraigned, on this occasion before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Providence Magistrate’s Court.
Simeon, 24, a miner, of 292 Kuru Kuru Soesdyke/Linden Highway is accused of riding motorcycle CD 1864 in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of Richard Paramdeo on March 3, at Laluni Access Road Kuru Kuru Soesdyke/Linden Highway.
Travis Simeon
He pleaded not guilty to the charge and was released on $250,000 bail.
A few months ago, Simeon was ordered to pay a total fine of $55,000 for being an unlicensed rider, and breach of insurance, among other traffic offences after appearing before Magistrate Daly.
Police Inspector Michael Grant presented the prosecution’s case. Court facts stated that on the day in question, around 17:00hrs, the defendant was riding the motorcycle south along the eastern side of the Laluni Access Road, and collided with Paramdeo, who was a pedal cyclist at the time proceeding north along the eastern side of the said road.
The motorcyclist and the pedal cyclist received injuries to the head and about the body and were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). They were both treated and admitted at the medical institution.
On May 6, Paramdeo was transferred to the Mackenzie Hospital. He subsequently succumbed, on May 18, without regaining consciousness.
The matter was reported, investigations were carried out and Simeon was arrested and charged for the offence.
This matter was adjourned until August 5, for statements.
According to reports, Paramdeo, of Lot 192 Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke/Linden Highway, was riding his cycle on his way home from school when he collided with Simeon who was riding his motorcycle, in the vicinity of the Kuru Kuru Cemetery.
Paramdeo was rushed to the Guyana Defence Force’s medical centre in Timehri, then to the East Bank Regional Hospital and later transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the GPHC.
Simeon suffered a broken jaw and internal bleeding. He had to undergo a series of surgeries to correct his deformed lower jaw before he was discharged.
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