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Wash bay employee, 15 and car owner charged after accident
Following the traffic accident on Wednesday morning on the East Canje Public road in which a 15 year old wash bay worker took a car from the business entity and crashed into a cane cutter , two persons, the driver and the owner of the car have been charged.
The two Gurudat Chisolm, 15, the car driver of Adelphi Village, East Canje Berbice and Pooran Rambarrat, the owner of Canefield, East Canje, Berbice, appeared on Thursday before Magistrate Shurdel Isaacs Marcus on two charges each.
Chisolm is charged with being an unlicensed driver and breach of insurance. Car owner, Rambarrat is charged with permitting breach of insurance and permitting an unlicensed driver.
They were placed on $10,000 bail on each of the charges and are expected to return to the Reliance Magistrate’s court on 7th October where the matter has been transferred.
The teen driver after
his arrest Wednesday morning
According to information, the man, Gurdat Keshwar called “Cokes”, a cane harvester of Gangaram Settlement; East Canje Berbice was cycling along the Betsy Ground, Public Road when he was struck down by the motor car PNN 5577. The accident is said to have occurred around 08:30 hrs on Wedneday.
Information revealed that the owner of the car had taken the vehicle to a wash bay at Adelphi to be cleaned. The teen who works at the said wash bay, took the car and went for a drive towards Gangaram.
He was on his way back and was said to be driving at a fast rate of speed when he lost control of the vehicle on the Betsy Ground Public Road and collided with a lamp post before slamming into Rambarrat who was cycling on the road.
The man was picked up and rushed to the New Amsterdam hospital where it was revealed that his right leg was broken in two places. He was subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he remains warded.
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