Drivers charged with killing 4-year-old in Sheriff St collision

Dereck Bailey (left) and Heeranand Boodhram

The two drivers involved in the fatal Sherriff Street collision, which resulted in four-year-old Ambeka Providence losing her life in September, were yesterday charged separately with causing her death and each granted their release on $400,000 bail.

Dereck Bailey, 56, of Lot 14 Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara and Heeranand Boodhram, 21, of Lot 336 Sachi Bazaar, Prashad Nagar, were read the charges by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in Georgetown. It was alleged that on September 10, at Sheriff and Garnett streets, Bailey,