Truck driver charged over Coverden deaths

Retish Bhagwandin

Twenty-year-old Retish Bhagwandin, who was behind the wheel of the truck that crashed into a minibus at Coverden, East Bank Demerara, was yesterday charged over the four deaths that resulted from the collision.

Bhagwandin, of Lot 12 New Hope, pleaded not guilty to four counts of causing death by dangerous driving when he was arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

It was alleged that on October 18, he drove GPP 8495 in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing