ATV rider charged with causing death of 10-year-old

Clive McDonald

A Bartica man was yesterday accused of causing the death of a ten-year-old child who he hit while riding an ATV in the mining community.

Excavator operator Clive McDonald was admitted to bail in the sum of $350,000 by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. McDonald, of 185 Mongrippa Hill, Bartica, pleaded not guilty to the charges of causing death by dangerous driving, unlicensed riding and riding without registration.

It was alleged that on December 7, at Second Avenue Bartica, he rode an ATV motorcycle in a manner dangerous to the public,