Charged with causing death of Meten-meer-Zorg man

The 26-year-old driver who allegedly  struck down and killed Mohamed Yussuff Ashraff on the Meten-meer-Zorg Public Road on Wednesday was yesterday placed on $300,000 bail after he was charged with three offences including causing death by dangerous driving.

Asif Azeez, a resident of Seafield, Leonora, West Coast Demerara was also charged with failing to render assistance and failing to stop after the accident.

He pleaded not guilty to the charges when he appeared before Magistrate Christel Lambert at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court.