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Businessman jailed for three years on causing death charge
A businessman who drove away from the scene after he struck down and killed a labourer will now have to send the next three years behind bars.
Roopnarine Samaru, 25, of Rosignol, West Bank Berbice was on Wednesday sentenced to three years in jail by Magistrate Rhondell Weaver, when he appeared before her at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.
According to Prosecutor Corporal Rocquel Mars, Samaru was accused of causing the death of Parmendra ‘Roger’ Mohan, 49, a labourer of Plantation Brahan, West Coast Berbice, at around10:55 hrs on the D’ Edward Public Road, West Coast Berbice.
According to information, Mohan,accompanied by his wife, Indranie Singh, had just exited a taxi when a car, PPP 7913, driven by Samwaru, and going at a fast rate, collided with him.
The impact pitched Mohaninto a parked vehicle before he fell to the ground.
The injured man was rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital where he died while receiving medical attention.
The driver subsequently fled the scene, but was later apprehended at a roadblock near the Fort Wellington Police Station.
The driver, in his haste to escape, had also collided with a Rav4. However, the driver of the Rav4 driver had pursued the accused, until his arrest at the roadblock.
Samwaru was also charged with failing to stop after an accident, for which he was fined $20,000, with an alternative of 21 days in jail. He was also charged with failing to render assistance to an injured person after an accident. He was fined 25,000, with an alternative of 21 days in jail.
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