Lennox Williams, the truck driver charged with causing the death of a pensioner who was struck down on the Houston, East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road in August, 2017, was on Friday freed of the offence.
It was alleged that Williams, on August 10, 2017, on the Houston Public Road, drove motor lorry GMM 6597 in a manner dangerous to the public and caused the death of Chitrykha Sankar.
He had denied the allegation.
Williams heard on Friday from Magistrate Fabayo Azore, that there was no clear evidence that the defendant drove dangerously. It was further stated that the evidence of the eyewitness, could not be supported with the video evidence, which resulted in the Magistrate being unable to rely on the witness’s testimony.