THE Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is yet to receive any file on the death of four-year-old Ambeka Providence, who was killed last month in an accident on Sheriff Street, Georgetown involving two motor vehicles.
In a statement the police claim that the file was sent to the DPP chambers and they are awaiting advice. The drivers involved in the fatal accident have not yet been charged.
Reports indicate that on September 10, 2016 Providence, her mother and another relative were in the back seat of a car PMM 1426 as it proceeded south on Sheriff Street; as the car stopped at the centre of the junction of Sheriff and Garnett Streets, in preparation to turn west, motor vehicle GPP 3500, which was proceeding north, collided with the left of the car, resulting in the infant being flung through the window and onto the roadway. She was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
Her mother, Abiola Trotman along with Cheryl Williams, received injuries and were admitted as patients and later discharged. The driver of the car, Derrick Bailey was unhurt and he was released on station bail.
The other driver of the SUV, GPP 3500, 21-year-old Heeranand Boodhram, of First Street, Sachi Bazaar, Prashad Nagar, Georgetown was hospitalized. He was also released on station bail.
Abiola Trotman, the dead girl’s mother, who was also injured in the accident, said that she has not received any information on the probe, despite placing several calls and visiting the police station. The grieving mother said that she has also had no communication with the driver of the SUV, who was allegedly drunk when he slammed into a vehicle in which she and her daughter were travelling.
Police had said that a breathalyzer test performed on the SUV driver revealed that his breath alcohol content was above the prescribed limit.