Driver reneges on compensation after damaging Agricola house

Car meets stairs: Whoever heard of a car climbing a stairway? It sure seems that this was what this car was doing on Sunday in Agricola.

The Agricola family, which lost its fence and front stairway on Sunday afternoon after a car  careened off road and slammed into it, is asking who will pay for the damages since the driver has signalled reluctance.

A hire car operator, whose vehicle was also damaged by the driver that caused the accident, is asking a similar question, as a promise of compensation has now been withdrawn.

The female occupant of the car, bearing licence plate PNN 8738, on Sunday told Stabroek News that her boyfriend was driving the vehicle when it ploughed into the fence and stairway of Amanda Wren’s house, at Lot 47 Agricola Public Road, on the East Bank of Demerara. Eyewitnesses had identified the woman as the