Curtis Cort of Glasgow Housing Scheme, East Bank Berbice (Region Six: East Berbice-Corentyne) was on Wednesday placed on $500,000 bail following his arraignment before Fort Wellington Magistrate Ravindra Mohabir on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving, to which he pleaded not guilty as charged.
The magistrate has also ordered the 21-year-old Cort
to return to court on February 27, and to report to the Sisters Police Station once per month until the completion of his trial.
Recap
Curtis Cort was driving motor car PAE 3462 along the Armadale Public Road on the West Coast of Berbice (Region Five: Mahaica-Berbice) on August 29, 2024 when he reportedly lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a left bend and it ended up in the path of PAG 3611, which was being driven by 31-year-old Jose Teixeira of Portuguese Quarters in Port Mourant, Corentyne, and was proceeding in the opposite direction.
Curtis Cort
In the collision that resulted, 9-year-old Avenash Charam of Alness Village, Corentyne sustained a fractured right leg, Teixeira sustained fractures to his right ribs, and three other passengers in his vehicle sustained various injuries.
All of the persons involved in the collision were rushed to the Fort Wellington Public Hospital, where the doctor who examined them referred Charam, who was in a stable condition, to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital while the others were treated and sent away.
Charam subsequently died while receiving medical treatment.
