Matthew Ambedkar, who is accused of causing the deaths of three persons in an accident at De Willem, on the West Coast of Demerara (WCD), was on Thursday asked to post a total of $1.5 million bail for his release pending trial.
Ambedkar, 19, of Tuschen Housing Scheme, appeared before Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court, where he pleaded not guilty to the charges after a decision was made to proceed with a summary trial.
The teen, who was remanded to prison just over two weeks ago, after being charged with three counts of causing death by dangerous driving, was granted bail in the amount of $500,000 on each charge. He was also required to lodge his passport.
His next court date is April 26, when statements are expected to be handed over.
The accident occurred around 21.30 hrs on March 7 and claimed the lives of Carlito Gobin, 23, of De Willem; Kiran Rampersaud, called ‘Rocky,’ 41, a fishermen of Zeeburg; and Ayube Mohammed, 44, of 167 Met-en-Meerzorg, WCD, who were all at the time, standing in front of the Sharmila Harrykissoon Sports Bar.
At the time, the men were standing in front of the Sharmila Harrykissoon Sports Bar.
Police, in a statement, had said that Ambedkar was proceeding west along the southern side of the road, allegedly in a race with the driver of another car (number unknown) when he lost control of his vehicle.
As a result, he crashed into an SUV, PYY 9456, which was parked on the public road in front of the sports bar, then ran into the bar, injuring several patrons.
