$1M bail for driver who caused death of Linden couple

Fifty-year-old Carl Craig, of Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was on Monday granted bail in the sum of $1 million when he appeared before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman on two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
Craig pleaded not guilty to the charges which stated that he drove in a manner dangerous to the public thereby causing the deaths of Nicholas Valcin and his pregnant wife, Olisa Sanderson-Valcin at Caledonia, EBD.
As such, he was placed on $500,000 bail for each charge and the matter was adjourned until December 15, 2021.
Police stated that owing to Craig’s dangerous driving, the 42-year-old man and his 31-year-old wife, of Wismar, Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), were killed.
Police said the couple died after a motor lorry swerved from a reversing motor lorry and hit the car in which the couple were travelling.

A 20-year-old male who was identified as Shaquel Williams of Blueberry Hill Squatting Area, Linden, remains hospitalised.
It was reported that the accident involved motor lorry GWW 4922 that was driven by Craig and motor car PXX 8815 that was driven by the now dead man.
It was reported that motor lorry GWW 4922 was proceeding north along the western side of Caledonia Public Road, EBD, while motor car PXX 8815 was proceeding south along the eastern side of the said road.
Police said that as both vehicles were approaching a landfill site, situated on the western side of the road, an unknown motor lorry which was transporting sand was reversing into the site, thus causing the driver of the motor lorry to swerve to avoid a collision with the reversing truck.
In so doing, he ended up in the path of the motor car, resulting in a head-on collision.
As a result, Valcin and his wife, who was in the front passenger seat, and Williams, who was sitting in the backseat, received injuries to their head and about their bodies.
They were all taken out of the car in an unconscious condition by the Police and public-spirited citizens and escorted to the Diamond hospital.
On arrival at the medical facility, the couple were examined by a doctor who pronounced them dead while administering treatment.
Meanwhile, Williams was transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital and was admitted. A breathalyser test conducted on the driver of the motor lorry proved that he had no alcohol in his system.