A minibus driver was yesterday charged with causing the death of a 70-year-old man, after he failed to stop at an intersection and collided with a vehicle that hit the now-dead pedestrian.
Derrick Da Silva, 30, of Lot 672 Foulis Street, Enmore, East Coast Demerara, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry set bail for Da Silva’s release at $400,000.
The charge against Da Silva stated that on July 30, at Hadfield and Smyth streets, he drove a motor vehicle in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of Philbert Adonis.
Prosecutor Denise Griffith-Jacobis stated that the accused was travelling east along
