The driver involved in the accident at Mabura, Region Ten, that claimed the life of Pretipaul Jaigobin, on April 1, was on Wednesday charged with causing his death.
Nand Singh, 43, of West Coast Demerara, appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune at the Linden Magistrate’s Court, where he was charged with the offence of causing death by dangerous driving.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge and was placed on $200,000 bail.
He will make his next appearance on August 13, 2021, when the matter is to be called again in court.
The police had reported that Jaigobin, an Economic and Financial Analyst for the EU Task Force Unit of the Finance Ministry, was travelling with three other ministry employees when the vehicle he was in toppled.
According to a Guyana Police Force report on the accident, it occurred around 3pm, about five kilometers away from Mabura Police Outpost. At the time, 54-year-old Jaigobin was one of four persons who were traveling along the Mahdia Access Road in a Toyota Tundra bearing registration # GTT 1936. The driver is reported to have lost control and as a result the vehicle toppled several times before coming to a halt. The other passengers were identified as Franky Trotz, 29, of Meten-Meer-Zorg Ocean Gardens, West Coast Demerara, and Ravie Guyadeen, 25 of Zeelugt, West Coast Demerara. Singh, Guyadeen and Jaigobin were escorted to Mabura, where they were attended to by a medic, who immediately transferred them to the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC), the police said. Jaigobin was pronounced dead on arrival, while Singh and Guyadeen were admitted as patients.
