A TRUCK driver was on Friday, January 18, 2019, freed of the charge of causing the death of a pensioner who was struck down and killed on the Houston, East Bank Demerara (EBD), Public Road, over a year ago.

Lennox Williams, a driver and supervisor at a shipping company, was on trial for the offence which read that on August 10, 2017 on the Houston Public Road, he drove motor lorry GMM 6597 in a manner dangerous to the public and caused the death of Chitrykha Sankar.

He was out on $700,000 bail during his trial before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore, at the Georgetown Magistrates Court.
At the end of the trial, Magistrate Azore ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove its case due to the lack of evidence and dismissed the charge against Williams.
According to the evidence, on August 10, 2017, Williams was driving the truck north on the eastern side of the western carriageway of the Houston Public Road. Sankar was crossing the road when Williams collided with her and threw her into the air, causing her to land on the roadway.