Driver’s story doesn’t sound right -police
As police investigate last Wednesday’s Unity, Mahaica crash that claimed two lives, questions have been raised about the account given by the driver of the car which slammed into an electricity post and flipped into a nearby ditch.
Meanwhile, the condition of both survivors of the crash, Indira Raghubir and the driver Metanga Cameron, is steadily improving. Raghubir’s son, Indar Raghubir, 9, and Dorrete Hinds of Cumberland, Corentyne, Berbice were killed in the accident.
Raghubir yesterday said that she was feeling better “physically” while Cameron, according to hospital sources, was “getting better every day.” He and Raghubir are expected to be discharged from the hospital early this week. Cameron and his relatives refused to speak with this newspaper when approached.
The distressed mother had told this newspaper that Cameron is alleging that the deceased Hinds, who was sitting in the passenger seat next to him, fell asleep on him and that resulted in him losing control of the car. However, Raghubir had insisted that she does not believe this is the case because Cameron, she reported, had been driving in a “reckless” manner.
Police sources have since told this newspaper that Cameron said the same thing in his statement. However, investigations are continuing, they said, adding that Cameron’s story of what happened “just doesn’t sound right.” It is not clear whether charges will be levelled against the driver.
Raghubir and her son had gone to the US Embassy that day to uplift the child’s immigrant visa. The two were sitting in the backseat of the car when the accident occurred sometime between 8am and 9am on Wednesday.