Driver in Carifesta Ave fatal crash surrenders to cops

Mohammed Abraham

The businessman who fled the scene after crashing the car in which his employee lost his life on Saturday night has turned himself in to police and negotiated a compensation agreement with the dead man’s family.

However, Buddy (only name given), the owner of a Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara (E.C.D) business, is still expected to face charges over the accident, which is still under investigation. He fled Carifesta Avenue after he slammed his Toyota Allion, PNN 3607, into the tray of a truck which was at the time reversing from the Georgetown Softball Cricket Ground and subsequently ran into the ditch opposite the Burrowes School of Arts. His employee, Mohammed Zaheed Abraham, of Lot 218 De Souza Street, Better Hope, E.C.D., was in the passenger seat at the time of the accident and died before he could be pulled from the vehicle.

When Stabroek News yesterday spoke to the dead man’s sister, Shakela Khan, she disclosed that the driver, in the company of his lawyer, turned himself in at the Brickdam Police Station. She said