Days after an 18-year-old man died after the car in which he was travelling became involved in an accident at Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara (ECD), the driver of that vehicle has been charged.
At the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, Muniram Rajnarine, 28, of Lot 89 Belmonte Mahaica ECD, was read a charge alleging that, on October 1, he drove motorcar PAC 3435 in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of Ganesh Mahabal.
The accused has been remanded to prison until November 14.
According to information received, the accident occurred at about 02:04h on Sunday last, when the car driven by Rajnarine collided with a light pole along the Nabaclis Public Road.
Reports are that the car was heading east along the northern driving lane of the road, and while negotiating a right turn, the driver lost control, resulting in a collision with the light pole on the northern parapet.
Dead: Ganesh Mahabal
The impact of that accident caused the driver and front seat passenger to be ejected from the vehicle even as the vehicle toppled into a drain on the northern parapet, trapping the three other passengers in the back seat.
Those three are Mahendra Ramnarine, 17, of Supply, Mahaica; Mark Thomas, 18, also of Supply, Mahaica; and Vickey Seeram, 32, of Chelsea Park, Mahaica.
With the help of public-spirited citizens, the motor car was extracted from the drain and placed on the northern parapet. Emergency services arrived, and all five individuals were placed in an ambulance and rushed to Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC), where Mahabal, of Lot 1 Belmont, Mahaica, was pronounced dead on arrival. (G1)
