Truck driver charged with pedestrian crossing death

Winston Felix

Winston Felix, the truck driver who fatally struck an Agricola woman while she was on a pedestrian crossing, was yesterday charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

It is alleged that Felix, 59, of Windsor Forest Railway Embankment, on November 28, at the Agricola Public Road, drove motor vehicle GKK 8663 in a manner which was dangerous to the public, causing the death of Fatima Jamal.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge after it was read to him by Magistrate Ann McLennan.

Prosecutor Deniro Jones said Jamal was on the pedestrian crossing and Felix admitted in a statement to seeing her crossing as well as looking both north and south before her attempt to do so.