Bus driver charged with killing cyclist in Herstelling accident

Basil Rambarran

A minibus driver was yesterday charged with causing the death of a 66-year-old cyclist, who was struck down last week along the Herstelling Public Road.

Sewkumar Singh, 44, who was read the charge by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, was granted his pre-trial release on $500,000 bail.

The charge against him states that on September 19, at Herstelling, he drove minibus BLL 3749 in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby causing the death of Basil Rambarran.