Police seeking help finding female ‘Tacoma’ driver

THE police are seeking information on the whereabouts of the woman alleged to have been behind the wheel of the Toyota Tacoma pickup involved in the May 21 fatal accident at the corner of D’Urban and Smyth Streets.

The accident, which involved the ‘Tacoma’ and a Route 41 minibus, resulted in the death of cricket coach and umpire, Daniel Richmond, and injury to 13 other persons.

The owner of the ‘Tacoma’, Elton Carter, 29, of Diamond, East Bank Demerara, who was among the injured, had initially told the police that he was at the wheel when the accident occurred.

Carter, currently a patient at a private city hospital, has since changed his story, saying that it was an as yet unnamed woman that was driving, and that she has fled to the ‘interior’.

The police have already said that based on their investigations, the driver of the minibus, Osafo Edghill of North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, will not be charged.

According to reports, Richmond, of Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, was killed on the spot when the ‘Tacoma’, GRR 8350, slammed into the minibus, BVV 5273, in which he was travelling.

The impact reportedly caused the minibus, which was carrying other passengers besides Richmond, to topple several times then crashing into a utility pole and cracking it before coming to a rest.

The ‘Tacoma’, meanwhile, was sent headlong into a blue car, PLL 4474, parked on the parapet next to the ‘Classique GT Beer Garden’ at the corner of D’Urban and Smyth.

Among the injured were Brian James, 40; Kim Douglas, 49; Aviel Eversley, 35; Jelany Williams, 17; Ronaldo Bancroft, 15; Deon Goodridge, 27; Morris DeSouza, 16; Michael Bumburry, 47; DeAndre Smith, 17; Othien Otto, seven; Lynette Crawford, 42; Godfrey Daniels, 35; and Jesemy (only name given). They were all taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where they were treated and sent away.