Bartica pensioner gets 2 years for causing death of husband, wife

Byron Pearson of Mongrippa Hill in Bartica, Region Seven, has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for causing the deaths of David Huggins and his pillion rider Felicia Lewis in an accident that occurred along Fourth Avenue, Bartica on February 16, 2023.
The 67-year-old Pearson appeared on Friday before Bartica Magistrate Crystal Lambert and was found guilty of two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
He had made his first appearance before Magistrate Lambert on May 15, 2023, when the charges were read to him and he had pleaded not guilty and was placed on $300,000 bail on each charge.

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Felicia Lewis was reportedly killed on the spot, while her husband David Huggins had died one day later, while receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital, after being involved in an accident with a car in Bartica.
It was reported that, on February 16, 2023, the couple were travelling on motorcycle CL 3359 when they became involved in an accident with motor car PRR 5669, owned and driven by a 66-year-old Pearson, a resident of Mongrippa Hill in Bartica.
Police had reported that on the day in question, at about 14:00h, the motor car, which was proceeding along Fourth Avenue, Bartica, failed to heed a ‘stop sign’ on Fifth Avenue Bartica and collided with the motorcycle, which was proceeding along Fifth Avenue at a fast rate of speed. The right-side front portion of the car had struck the motorcycle, causing the couple to fall on the roadway and receive injuries to their heads and bodies.

They were picked up by public-spirited persons in an unconscious state and taken to the Bartica Regional Hospital, where Lewis was pronounced dead on arrival.
Her husband, however, was treated and air-dashed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he had taken his last breath just after midday on Friday, February 17, 2023.
A breathalyser test had been conducted on the driver of the motor car, but no trace of alcohol had been found in his system. He was subsequently slapped with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.