A 52-year-old man was yesterday placed on $600,000 bail after he was charged in relation to the more than two-months-old accident which claimed the life of garbage collector Zameer Isfehani along the Montrose, East Coast Demerara Public Road.
Sean Walters, a resident of One Mile Hill Foot, Soesdyke, Linden Highway appeared before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.
The charge alleged that on August 4th at Montrose, ECD Public Road, Walters drove motor vehicle GWW 9841, in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of Isfehani.
Walters pleaded not guilty to the charge. The matter was adjourned to November 16th.
The accident occurred around 5.30 am opposite Apex Academy while Isfehani called ‘Suresh’, 45, of Leonora, West Coast Demerara and an employee of Puran Brothers Garbage Disposal, was performing his duties as a garbage collector.
The police had said that investigations revealed that the garbage truck, GVV 2646, was stationary on the northern side of the road collecting garbage when a motor lorry – GWW 9841 – which was proceeding east along the said road at a fast rate of speed, hit Isfehani.
The impact pinned Isfehani at the rear of the garbage truck. He was picked up in an unconscious condition and rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Surveillance footage seen by this newspaper showed that Isfehani and his colleague were working the levers at the back of the garbage truck in preparation to dump refuse from a bin. Isfehani was standing on the right side of the truck and as they were engaged in their task, the lorry travelling at a fast rate, crashed into him.
His colleague was unhurt.
As a result, of the accident, Walters suffered a heart attack. A passenger in the vehicle, Wendell Cort, 46, of Lot 19 Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway also sustained a fractured leg and was also taken to the GPH.
Both men were treated and subsequently discharged.
The management of Puran Brothers Garbage Disposal had said that their team of workers were in compliance with all road safety rules and Standard Operating Procedures.
