The driver of the vehicle assigned to Mayor of Georgetown Ubraj Narine, who is accused of killing Buxton resident Mitford Cambridge during an accident along the Turkeyen Public Road almost two weeks ago, is scheduled to be charged this week.
Traffic Chief Linden Isles told Sunday Stabroek that the driver, a 42-year-old resident of Nonpareil, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was scheduled to appear in court on Friday. However, Isles noted that he was informed that the driver is expected to be charged tomorrow.
The driver was taken into police custody following the accident. He was subsequently released on station bail pending investigation in the accident.
Cambridge, 53, of Lot 11 Section ‘C’ Middle Walk, Buxton, ECD, was the lone person injured around 2.30 pm on June 11th when the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) vehicle crashed into his car and two others parked in the vicinity of MovieTowne.
He succumbed around 2.50 pm the following day at the Georgetown Public Hospital, while receiving medical attention.
Cambridge was said to have been seated in his car, PHH 1846, when the accident unfolded.
This newspaper was told that enquiries revealed that at the time of the accident, the driver of the M&CC vehicle, PTT 8909, was proceeding west along the southern side of the public road, allegedly at a fast rate.
The driver reportedly told the police that he fell asleep, resulting in the vehicle hitting the concrete median on the southern side of the road, in front of MovieTowne.
The vehicle then crashed into Cambridge’s car and two other cars— PPP 75 and HC 2695.
The M&CC, in a press statement, had said that Narine was not in the vehicle at the time of the accident.
At the scene, persons in the area had accused the driver of the M&CC vehicle of speeding, while others said that he had fallen asleep.
