Corentyne hit and run: Driver slapped with 7 charges, remanded to prison

A Corentyne hire car driver, who was on the run for just over four months after a fatal accident, was on Thursday slapped with seven charges and remanded to prison after he was found hiding in a chair in a house and arrested July 15.
Avinesh Naidoo of Linepath, Corentyne, had allegedly struck a family of three who were on an electric motorcycle, which resulted in the death of a mother and her baby. He subsequently went on the run.
Naidoo appeared before Magistrate Tuanna Hardy at the Springlands Magistrate Court, where the seven charges were read to him.
He faces two charges for causing death by dangerous driving and three more charges for failing to render assistance to an injured person and take them to a registered medical practitioner for medical treatment. He is also charged with failing to report an accident to a police officer within 24 hours and faces another charge for failing to stop after an accident.
It is alleged that on March 2, Naidoo drove motor car HC 8905 in a manner dangerous to the public and caused the death of Kavita Betsan and Eli Surnjnarine. The 32-year-old taxi driver allegedly failed to render assistance to the trio on the motorcycle: Betsan, her 9-month-old baby, Eli Surnjnarine, and Tushan Surnjnarine.

Naidoo was not required to plead to the two causing death by dangerous driving charges but pleaded not guilty to the other five charges.
Police Prosecutor Constable Whitney Yearwood told the court that Naidoo was driving motorcar HC 8905 at a fast rate on March 2 along the Linepath Public Road when he hit an electric motorbike ridden by Tushan Surnjnarine, with Kavita Betsan and her nine-month-old baby Eli Surnjnarine as pillion riders.
The prosecutor told the court that both the car and the electric bike were heading in the same direction. After the accident, the driver did not stop, and when police went to Naidoo’s home, they were unable to find him.
Yearwood told the court that on July 15, police were able to arrest Naidoo, who was hiding in a chair at a house in Linepath. The prosecutor told the court when he was contacted, he denied his name but was nevertheless arrested.
She asked the court not to grant bail, arguing that Naidoo might not attend court; she referred to him as a flight risk.
However, attorney at law Vinnay Punwa, in response, claimed that Naidoo was not a flight risk. The attorney appealed to the court for bail and said if granted bail, Naidoo is willing to surrender his passport and is subject to whatever conditions the court may impose.
However, Magistrate Hardy pointed to the facts presented by the prosecution and refused bail.
Naidoo will return to court on July 31.