Driver in Montrose fatal accident gets $500,000 bail

Dwayne Williams, a 44-year-old driver attached to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Courts on Friday, charged with the offence of causing death by dangerous driving. He was granted $500,000 bail.
The accused of Kuru Kururu, Linden-Soesdyke Highway, denied the charge after it was read to him. It is alleged that on Monday, December 18, he drove motor pick-up PAD 1720 in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of 29-year-old Daniel McCalmon.
The matter was postponed until December 29, 2023.
McCalmon, a construction worker of West La Penitence, Georgetown, died following an accident involving two motor pick-ups – one registered to the NIS and another, GMM 8060.

At the time of the accident, the NIS vehicle was being driven by Williams, while an 80-year-old man from Dasrath Street, Triumph Village, ECD, was the driver of the other.
Police stated that the NIS vehicle was proceeding along the Montrose Public Road, ECD, at a fast rate and whilst in the process of negotiating a left turn, the driver lost control and collided with the centre median of the roadway.
As a result, the vehicle ended up in the other lane, thus colliding with McCalmon, who was at the time doing roadwork. As a result of the collision, McCalmon was dragged by the NIS vehicle, which subsequently collided with GMM 8060, which was proceeding in the opposite direction.
Both vehicles came to a halt, with McCalmon pinned under the NIS pick-up. The injured man was picked up in an unconscious state, placed into a vehicle, and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A breathalyser test was conducted on the driver of the NIS vehicle, which showed that he had alcohol in his system. He was arrested and subsequently charged. Meanwhile, McCalmon’s cause of death was given as multiple injuries, consistent with a motor vehicle accident.