The Guyana Police Force, Region Two, has confirmed that the businessman whose Canter truck had run over and killed his 13-year-old employee Rovin Williams has been hospitalised since the incident but charges are pending.
Region Two Commander Khemraj Shivbaran told the Stabroek News that the police are waiting for the man to be discharged. At that time, Shivbaran further explained, he will be asked to give a statement and will be taken to the scene of the incident. Additionally, he will be placed on cash bail and upon completion of the investigation, charges will follow.
The commander said that according to information received, the businessman suffers from severe hypertension and other health related issues, hence his hospitalisation. Shivbaran said that the businessman’s condition was being monitored by police.
According to information Stabroek News received, on Monday last at about 6 pm, the businessman was reversing out of his yard at Adventure, Region Two, when Williams fell from the Canter and was crushed. Williams was rushed to the Suddie Public Hospital but he succumbed to his injuries there.
A fellow worker, Joshuah Ramdatt, related, “I was right there, before I raise an alarm he already ran him over him… was sad but he died at the hospital.”
This newspaper understands that Williams had dropped out of school and was employed by the businessman to pick mangoes.
