Denzil McBean, a driver attached to the Ministry of Public Works, has been released on $100,000 station bail after he stuck down and killed a 44-year-old cyclist of Logwood Squatting Area, Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) last Saturday.
Anil Ramanand, 44, of Logwood Squatting Area, Enmore, East Coast Demerara, died as a result of the accident.
In an interview with Stabroek News on Friday, Ramanand’s common-law wife Indira Persaud said, “When me husband dead, the minister come and seh he go come back de next day. He never come. Never.”
The woman mentioned that on the day of the accident she visited the Cove and John Police Station and McBean was released on $100,000 bail. ‘’When I go at the station de driver get release on bail just like that, me husband dead and he get release. Edghill tell we call he. When we call he seh he deh Parliament. It unfair pon we,” the widow added.
Ramanand was struck down and killed by a motor-pickup attached to the Ministry of Public Works on the Foulis Public Road, ECD two weeks ago. It was driven by Mc Bean, 30, of ‘C’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown. The accident also involved motor car PAC 9344 driven by Dorynl Dublin, 24, of Haslington, East Coast Demerara.
According to the police report, the motor pick-up was proceeding west along the southern side of the Foulis Public Road in a convoy which comprised four vehicles with flashlights and sirens when Ramanand rode across the road from the north to south.
He came into the path of the pick-up in the convoy and was then flung onto the northern carriageway into the path of motor car PAC 9344. Ramanand fell to the ground and was later pronounced dead on the scene by an emergency team.
Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill, in a Facebook post, acknowledged the motor pick-up was attached to the Ministry. He later visited the family of the deceased, extended his sympathies and pledged his support to the entire family. He added that there is an active police investigation underway and assured the family that there will no interference or obstruction of this process.
