The driver of the motorcar which was involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident has been placed on $400,000 bail, pending the hearing and determination of his trial.
When Sangodele Mentore was arraigned before Magistrate Alisha George for the offence of causing death by dangerous driving, he was not required to plead to the indictable charge, which stated that on August 6, 2021, at the Railway Embankment at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, he drove motor car PZZ 1276 in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of 60-year-old Dhairam Harrilall.
Dead: Dhairam Harrilall
Harrilall died three weeks after he was struck down by the reportedly speeding motorcar as he walked along the Railway Embankment. He succumbed to his injuries sometime last week, while receiving treatment in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.
It was reported that the now dead man was walking along the southern side of Railway Embankment when he was allegedly struck by a motor vehicle bearing registration number PZZ 1276, which drove away.
As a result of the collision, the pedestrian fell onto the roadway and received injuries to his body. He was later picked up by Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) in an unconscious condition and taken to the Georgetown Hospital, where he was treated and admitted as a patient in the Accident and Emergency Unit.
At the time of his admission, his condition was regarded as critical; he had sustained broken legs and lacerations to his head and body.
Police have said that ranks responded to a report about the accident, and upon arriving at the scene, they found only the registration plate PZZ 1276, which at the time they suspected belonged to the getaway car.
A few days after the accident, the driver of the car surrendered to the Police. (G1)
