Driver in fatal Water Street accident charged 7 months later

Seven months after a fatal accident along Water Street, Georgetown, Michael Hopkinson, 45, of Coverden, East Bank Demerara (ECD) was indicted on causing death by dangerous driving charge.
He appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Friday where the charge was read to him which stated that he dangerously drove a motor vehicle thereby causing the death of 63-year-old pedestrian Doreen Haynes.
Standing before Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty, Hopkinson pleaded not guilty to the charge and was thereafter granted $300,000 bail. He is required to make another court appearance on February 7, 2025.
It was reported that Hopkinson was driving an unregistered vehicle south along Water Street when he attempted to overtake a stationary motor lorry. In the process, the rear left portion of the vehicle struck Haynes, who was conversing with the driver of the parked lorry.
The impact squeezed Haynes between the two vehicles, causing her to fall onto the road. She was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where she later succumbed.