BV man on bail for causing death by dangerous driving

Wavell Lamatt of Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was charged on Monday with the offence of causing death by dangerous driving, contrary to Section 35 (1) of the Motor Vehicle and Road Traffic Act Chapter 51:02.
The accident occurred on August 15, 2022, on the Lusignan Public Road, ECD, and resulted in the death of 54-year-old Prahalad Sawh of Lusignan.
The 44-year-old man appeared at Vigilance Magistrate’s Court on Monday before Magistrate Fabayo Azore, and the charge was read to him.
He pleaded not guilty and was placed on $100,000 bail.
Sawh was struck down by a motorcycle and then run over by a motor car, which was allegedly driven by Lamatt along the Lusignan Public Road.
According to Police reports, both the motorcycle, CL 4502, and motor car, PVV 854, were proceeding easterly on the ECD Public Road. The motorcyclist had told investigators that he was behind a minibus when he suddenly saw a shadow moving across the roadway.

According to reports at the time, he had noted that as the minibus passed; he saw the pedestrian in front of him, but he was too close (to swerve away) so he collided with Sawh. Both the motorcyclist and the pedestrian sustained injuries.
However, the 31-year-old motorcyclist, instead of assisting the pedestrian, picked up his bike and rode away. He later turned up at a city hospital to seek medical attention.
Meanwhile, the driver of the motor car allegedly told the Police that while proceeding along the said road at a normal rate of speed behind the motorcyclist, he saw someone lying on the roadway and he pulled in a northerly direction to avoid a collision, but despite his efforts, he ran over the person.

The driver added that he then pulled his vehicle over to the northern side of the roadway and it was then he saw Sawh lying on the road in a motionless state.
Shortly after the accident, Leon Lewis, a 31-year-old clerk at the Health Ministry and a resident of Nkrumah Street in Annandale, ECD, the motorcyclist who was involved in the accident was charged with causing death by dangerous driving, among other charges.
He was placed on $500,000 bail after pleading not guilty to the causing death charge. (G9)