Statements served on accused in Vlissengen Rd fatal accident

Prosecutor Attorney-at-Law Latchmie Rahamat has disclosed some statements on defence lawyer Siand Dhurjon in the matter involving his client, who is charged with causing death by dangerous driving. Roberto Narine, 37, of Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was released on $200,000 bail in May over causing the death of former national squash player Ian Mekdeci.

The accident happened at the intersection of Vlissengen Road and Sandy Babb Street, Kitty, Georgetown. When the case came up on Tuesday before City Magistrate Leron Daly, Rahamat disclosed part of the statements, with the remainder to be served on the defence by August 8.
Narine has pleaded not guilty to the charge which stated that on April 30, he drove motor jeep PTT 4136 in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of 27-year-old Mekdeci.

Before Senior Magistrate Clive Nurse, Narine is facing a charge of driving under the influence.
He was granted $20,000 bail after denying the allegation. He was also slapped with a charge for driving an unregistered vehicle but was fined $20,000 by Magistrate Nurse after pleading guilty.
Bail was granted to him on the causing death charge with conditions for him to lodge his passport with the court and for him to report to the Alberttown Police Station until his trial ends.
Mekdeci died in the wee hours of April 30, following the two-vehicle collision. His friend, 31-year-old Sheik Baksh, of Dowding Street, Kitty, was hospitalised after the crash.
The accident occurred at the intersection of Sandy Babb Street and Vlissengen Road, in the vicinity of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Camp Ayanganna.
Police have said that the accident occurred at about 02:15h and involved motor car PXX 4592, driven by Baksh, and motor jeep PTT 4136, driven by Narine.
The jeep was proceeding along Vlissengen Road, while the motor car was travelling along Sandy Babb Street. At the time of the accident, the driver of the motor car was reportedly crossing the intersection on the green light when the driver of the jeep failed to stop, thus causing a collision.
Mekdeci and Baksh sustained injuries to their bodies and were picked up by an ambulance in an unconscious condition and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Baksh was admitted as a patient to the Emergency Unit of the hospital, suffering from a broken left arm, a laceration to the head, and a punctured left lung. Mekdeci, on the other hand, was pronounced dead on arrival. A breathalyser test administered on the driver of the jeep proved that he was way above the legal limit of alcohol consumption, the Police reported.
Mekdeci was a squash player who had participated in the Georgetown Squash Association-organised Squash League. In 2019, he performed exceptionally well in the Bounty Farm Handicap Squash Tournament. (G1)