YESTERDAY marked one week since the horrific two-vehicle smash-up on the Mon Repos public road which left several persons injured and two others dead.

Today marks one week since the teen who claimed to be the driver of the ill-fated Tundra appeared in court and received $ 7,500 bail for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Yesterday the Guyana Chronicle was able to confirm that the red Toyota Tundra and a white Honda Civic were drag racing on the night of the accident. The Chronicle was preview to this bit of information last week but was unable to confirm same until late yesterday.
A relative to both of the occupants of the car and the Tundra explained that the two vehicles took off from a location in Kitty and were heading to the KK gas station at Mahaica
The mostly young people were celebrating the birthday of the girlfriend of the teen who claimed he was driving the Tundra at the time of the accident and who has since been placed on more than half million dollar bail for several traffic offenses.
The source also confirmed that the occupants in both of the vehicles were drinking at a location in Kitty from where the drag racing began on Sunday last.
It was also stated that there was a third vehicle which was supposed to be a part of the racing but that vehicle left the Kitty location almost one hour ahead of the other two and was already at the KK gas station when the accident involving the Tundra occurred.
This publication was told that the Honda Civic belonged to a business family in the city who operates an auto mobile business on Duncan Street.
The source like many eyewitness, who appeared on the accident scene on Sunday night, also confirmed that the teen who claimed to be the driver of the vehicle and who appeared in court was not the driver of the Tundra.
This newspaper was told that the teen was seated in the back seat of the Tundra with his girlfriend since it was she who was celebrating her birthday on the night of the accident and the KK gas station was where the celebration was expected to close off the “drinking session.”
It was also mentioned that the Tundra has a mechanical fault which may have contributed to the accident. The source said that the Tundra has a braking problem and whenever the vehicle is moving at a certain speed, and the brakes are applied the vehicle will usually pull to the right. The source dispelled the claims in several earlier reports in the press that the vehicle had turned out of a street in Mon Repos seconds before it slammed into the mini bus, however eyewitnesses are claiming that it did.
Meanwhile on Friday a senior police source explained that that there was a man who claimed that he was driving behind the Tundra from Sheriff Street and was aware of who the real driver of the vehicle was since he was able to get a look at him.
This was after a photo began circulating and which was taken on the night of the accident that showed the young man who appeared in Court on two occasions last week was not the driver of the Tundra but rather another person who seemed much younger.
Yesterday the Guyana Chronicle received information from a police source that the man who said that he was driving behind the Tundra has since visited the police station and spoke with investigating ranks. It was said that the man has since give the police a statement to substantiate his claims of seeing who the “real” driver was.
After the photo which questioned the real identity of the driver began circulating a senior police rank who spoke with this publication pleaded with those who saw a different person from the one who appeared in court behind the wheel of the Tundra to come forward and give statements.
On Wednesday the police also charged the alleged driver with taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent and breach of third party insurance among other charges for which he receive $50.000 bail each. He also received $600.000 bail for the two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
But yesterday the reliable source who spoke to this publication stated that last week Sunday is not the first time that the Tundra was driven by teenagers. The source said that the teen who was not driving, but claimed to be the driver of the vehicle would usually drive the vehicle from time to time.
Last week the police were able to ascertain the teen who claimed to be the driver on Sunday but was not the driver is the holder of a Driver’s License but not to drive the class of vehicle in which the Tundra is categorised.
On Thursday the police in C Division said that they were investigating if the teen really took the vehicle without the owner’s consent or if the parents allowed him to remove the vehicle knowing that he was not the holder of a license to drive a tundra or any other vehicle except a car since he was under 18 years old.
The police explained that if they had any evidence that the vehicle was given to the teen by the parents, then the parents would have been also charged.