File on fatal Carifesta crash sent to DPP, Traffic Chief says

The Traffic Department of the Guyana Police Force has completed its investigations into the high speed chase on December 30 last that ended in the deaths of three persons, including army intelligence officer Robert Pyle, according to Traffic Chief Dion Moore, who has signalled that legal advice is now being sought.

 Robert Pyle
Robert Pyle

Moore made the revelation during a telephone interview with Stabroek News yesterday. He said that a file containing the information that was gathered by ranks during the investigation was dispatched to the chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) last Friday. “The file left for advice yesterday [Friday],” he said in response to a query from this newspaper as to the status of the investigation.

During an interview last week, Ministry of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan had stated that the Traffic Department would be conducting an investigation given that lives were lost. He had said on that occasion that a statement was taken from Alana Seebarran, who was travelling in a vehicle which was being chased by a car driven by Pyle. Pyle later crashed head on into a truck, resulting in the deaths of him, his wife Stacy, who was travelling with him, and Linden Eastman. Eastman was the driver of the truck at the time of the crash. Seebarran managed to escape unhurt.

Ramjattan had said too that statements were to be taken from “some other car driver that was there” along with statements from other persons who