Bus driver gets three years for causing conductor’s death

Minibus driver Kevin Farrell was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail after being found guilty of causing the death of his conductor after a crash along the Herstelling Public Road last year.

Farrell, 31, of Lot 20 Supply, East Bank Demerara, was on trial for the charge that he drove minibus BVV 901, on October 11, 2016, on the Herstelling Public Road, East Bank Demerara, in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of Leonard Henry. Henry was also the owner of the bus.