The police investigation into the nearly one-month-old accident along the Agricola Public Road, East Bank Demerara, which claimed the life of seven-year-old Ciarra Benjamin, remains incomplete, and police are still awaiting a statement from the child’s babysitter.
Stabroek News was reliably informed that the police have not yet been able to obtain a statement from the child’s aunt and babysitter, Simone Barry, who she was in the company of at the time of the accident. Information reaching this newspaper indicates that Barry is still traumatised and is currently receiving counselling. In the meantime, arrangements are being made to obtain a statement from her through an attorney.
Benjamin, a Grade One student of the Canadian School of Arts and Science, died immediately after she was struck by the truck around 4 pm on June 1.
