Four years for unlicensed driver who caused two deaths in Land of Canaan crash

Ronald Balgobin

Charged almost three weeks ago with causing the death of a woman, after the bus he was driving crashed along the Land of Canaan Public Road, Ronald Balgobin was read a second causing death charge from the accident and pleaded guilty to both and was sentenced to four years in jail.

The new charge against Balgobin stated that on April 13, at Land of Canaan, he drove minibus BWW 4542 in a manner dangerous to the public thereby causing the death of Ramroop Persaud.

Police prosecutor Gordon Mansfield told the court that on the day in question, about 17:15, the defendant drove minibus BWW 4542, proceeding south along the eastern side of the Land of Canaan Public Road, with about 15 passengers in the bus, at a fast rate.