The two men who were involved in the Sheriff Street accident that resulted in the death of four-year-old Abeka Trotman are expected to be charged soon.
Trotman was travelling with her mother, Abiola Trotman, and her grandmother, Cheryl Williams, in a car on September 10, on Sheriff Street, when it was hit by a pick-up truck.
The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had related to Stabroek News that it has advised the police to charge both drivers for causing the death of the girl.
According to Traffic Chief Dion Moore, the driver of the car and the driver of the pick-up truck will be charged with causing death by dangerous driving. The driver of the pick-up truck will have an additional charge of driving under the influence laid against him, he said.
Moore added that he has not received the files as yet and couldn’t give a specific date on when the men would be charged. However, he asserted that they would be charged “soon.”
Williams had pointed out that all she could recall from the accident was seeing the pick-up racing towards them at a high speed.
“We were in the back, turning the street to go home and all I remember was seeing the car speeding towards we and before I could say, ‘Oh God,’ it just went dark,” the woman explained, while adding that she regained consciousness in the hospital.
