A bus driver was last week released on $250,000 bail after he denied causing the death of his conductor in an accident on the Nismes Public Road, West Bank Demerara, almost two weeks ago.
Rhon Amsterdam appeared at the Wale’s Magistrate’s Court last week Friday and pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The allegation stated that on September 26th, at Nismes Public Road, Amsterdam allegedly drove minibus, BTT 9167 in a manner dangerous to the public and thereby caused the death of Waldron.
Bail was granted and the matter was adjourned until October 30th.
The accident occurred in the vicinity of the Nismes branch of the Gafoors Shopping Complex, where a mud had been piled on the road.
Waldron, 30, of Goed Intent Village, West Bank Demerara, reportedly died on the spot after the bus collided with the freshly dug pile of mud, which was left in a haphazard manner on the roadway.
Eleven other persons were injured.
Witnesses had told Stabroek News that the mud pile was left there late in the evening after the completion of works to clear a drain in the vicinity of the Gafoors Shopping Complex.
Maximillian Miller, who was travelling in the bus at the time of the accident, had told this newspaper that the bus had stopped a short distance away from where the accident occurred to put off a passenger.
However, when the bus pulled off, he claimed that the driver was allegedly blinded by the high beam headlights from a car travelling in the opposite direction, causing him to collide with the mud pile, which had taken up a section of an already narrow road.
The young man explained that after persons managed to get out of the damaged bus, an assessment of the damage was made, during which it was realised that Waldron was still trapped. “After everyone got out to assess the damage, we realised Jerry was still in the wreckage and they pulled him from it but he was almost dead… he vomited blood and died,” he said.
