The driver of the motor vehicle which drove into a median at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara (EBD), on Monday morning has been charged with causing the death of Quami Dalton.
Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) EBD Sub-Division Commander, Senior Superintendent Kurleigh Simon confirmed to Stabroek News that Shaquille Henry, 25, of Mora Street, Linden was placed before a Magistrate at the Diamond Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.
The commander said that Henry pleaded not guilty to the charge which states that he drove a car, HB 1029, in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of Quami Dalton, a 24-year-old conductor of Ice House Road, Timehri, EBD.
Simon said that Henry was granted bail in the sum of $250,000 and is expected to return to court on August 31. The commander also disclosed that the three other passengers who were in the speeding car are still patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Dalton was pronounced dead on arrival at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre where he was taken following the accident which occurred at 2 am on Monday.
According to Simon, the car was proceeding south along the eastern side of the Soesdyke Public Road, when it came into contact with the median causing Henry to lose control of the car and drive off the road. The four passengers were Shania Badburgh, 18, of Amelia’s Ward, Linden, Melissa Lewis, 20, of Providence, EBD, Rosanna Bobb-Semple, 27, of Kara Kara, Linden, and the now deceased, Dalton.
Following the accident, public-spirited persons removed the accident victims from the car and transported them to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre. They were subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital and admitted to the Intensive Care Unit.
