A driver of West Coast Berbice (WCB) was placed on $575,000 bail on Tuesday after being slapped with four traffic charges including causing death by dangerous driving of 16 year-old Sheldon Major, of 76 Enmore North, East Coast Demerara, on June 22.
The driver Steven Pierre, 28, of 26 Seafield Village, WCB, appeared in the Cove & John Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Fabayo Azore.
The charges against Pierre stated that he failed to report an accident, failed to render assistance and failed to stop after an accident. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was placed on bail.
He is scheduled to return to court on July 14.
The now dead 16-year-old and his younger brother were struck down in a hit-and-run accident on Sunday evening while walking along the Enmore, East Coast Demerara Public Road. At the time of the accident, the brothers were walking home from the village mosque.
Police rushed both of the teenagers to the Georgetown Public Hospital. Major was pronounced dead on arrival, while Pollard was admitted.
Jermin Peters, father of the teenagers, last night told Stabroek News that his son has been discharged from the hospital and is at home recuperating. He remains optimistic that the boy will be able to fully recuperate from the accident.
The police had said that one of the victims was discovered lying motionless on the northern side of the public road while the other was found in a semi-conscious condition on the grass parapet. “Debris of a vehicle was seen scattered on the northern side of the road,” the police noted.
The distraught father, who works as a minibus driver, had told this newspaper that while driving, he always tries his best to be cautious to avoid accidents and also to look out for others.
“I does deh on this road hay every day. I does drive bus. I does try to avoid people getting knock down. Likewise, I see other people knock people and people would drive and catch them back. Up to the other night, a man get knock down and I drive fah meet he up and turn back the vehicle but nobody ain’t doing dah fah me. None body ain’t doing dah fah me,” he lamented.
