The driver accused in the Bath Settlement Public Road accident that claimed the life of an eleven-year-old boy was yesterday charged with three offences including causing death by dangerous driving.
Puran Ramoo appeared in the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rondell Weaver where he denied the charges read to him and was placed on a total of $600,000 bail. He was also charged with driving under the influence.
Ramoo was unrepresented and is expected to make his next court appearance on December 9.
Amar Veerasammy, a student of Bath Primary School, who resided at Lot D 17 Cow Dam, Bath Settlement was struck down and killed on the Bath Settlement Public Road Sunday evening, following the collision of two cars.
The police, in a statement, said the accident occurred around 9.30 pm, when the driver of a car, bearing licence plate PRR 2661, was proceeding along the roadway and collided with another car that was heading in the opposite direction.
As a result, the driver of PRR 2661 hit the two children.
Saskia Razack, Veerasammy’s sister, had told this newspaper that he left home with Somraj Harricharran to visit a nearby shop to purchase a drink. She explained that while the two youths were standing by a utility pole at a corner along the public road, the cars collided and hit them, flinging Veerasammy some 15 feet away. Harricharran was left lying on the roadway.
They were both picked up by public-spirited citizens and rushed to the Fort Wellington Hospital but while Veerasammy was to be transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital but died on the way. Harricharran was treated for a fractured hand and sent away.
