A minibus driver was yesterday charged with causing the deaths of two of his passengers who died after his bus toppled along the Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara Public Road in May.
Typhon Sampson, 31, of Supply, East Bank Demerara, was brought before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, who read the charge to him in Georgetown. The charge states that on May 5th, on the Garden of Eden Public Road, he drove minibus BXX 3014 in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the deaths of Michael Cozier and Linden Charles.
With no objections from Police Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield, Sampson was later granted his release on $700,000 bail and the matter was adjourned until August 6th. The accident occurred around 10.50 pm on the day in question. Cozier, also known as ‘Ricky,’ of Lot 3 Evans Street, Charlestown, who was a supervisor at BK Supermix, perished on the day of the accident, while Charles, a police constable, succumbed sometime after in hospital.
At least four other persons, Monique Isaacs, 62, Nafeeza Omroo, 24, Devon Benjamin, 23, and Asaneya Thom, 16, were also injured in the accident.
They were all picked up by public-spirited citizens and taken to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, where Cozier was pronounced dead on arrival. Charles, who sustained injuries to his spine, and Benjamin, who suffered a fractured right hand, were treated and transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), where they were admitted.
After the accident, Sampson fled the scene. He later surrendered to police.
