The driver who was involved in last Saturday’s accident on Sheriff Street, which claimed the life of 75-year-old Oswy Crum-Ewing has been released on station bail as the investigations into the matter continue.
Acting Traffic Chief Jairam Ramlakhan informed Stabroek News that the man was placed on substantial bail after his 72 hours detention period expired. He is still assisting the police with the probe.
Crum-Ewing, a handyman and a father of five who resided at Lot 79 North Sophia died just before midday last week Saturday, hours after he was involved in a collision with a minibus along Sheriff Street. He was picked up in an unconscious state and taken to the Georgetown Public Hopsital where he died while receiving medical attention.
This newspaper had previously reported that Crum-Ewing had just exited John Smith Street, Campbellville and was about to cross Sheriff Street when he collided with a minibus which was proceeding south along Sheriff Street.
His granddaughter Samantha Duncan had told Stabroek News that she was cooking at her West Ruimveldt home when someone who knows the family visited to show her a photograph of the damaged motorcycle.
She immediately left for the hospital where she met another relative. “She [the relative] carry me in, because she does work there and I see my grandfather. I talk to him but he did not respond until after a while when he ask me to rub his foot and hand,” she had related.
She said while Crum-Ewing was able to speak he could not recall what had transpired. An x-ray was performed which revealed that he sustained internal injuries and punctured lungs.
