A CORONERS’s Inquest into the death of 10-month-old Aiden Anderson, who was killed in a motor vehicular accident in 2015 along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway, is expected to commence on April 17 at the Providence Magistrate’death s Court.

An inquest is a judicial inquiry in common law jurisdictions, held to determine the cause of a person’s death. In Guyana, a sitting magistrate acts as a coroner who then empanels a jury, after which he conducts the inquiry.

Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus will preside over the case with a five-member jury to determine whether the driver, Mohamed Ali, is criminally responsible for Anderson’s death. Some nine witnesses are expected to be called.

A horrific accident on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway on the afternoon of September 20, 2015 had left 10-month old Anderson dead and a relative in a critical condition.
According to reports, the vehicle they were in, a Toyota Tundra, suffered a blow out, resulting in the vehicle toppling several times. The baby was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, where he died.

The driver of the vehicle, 29-year-old Mohamed Ali, of Bush Lot, WCB, also sustained injuries and was admitted at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
The baby’s mother, Alana Hackett, of Diamond, East Bank Demerara and her nephew, Ameer Mohamed were also inside the vehicle at the time of the accident; however, they suffered minor injuries.

According to reports, the family was at the time heading to visit a relative at Long Creek when tragedy struck around 15:00hrs in the vicinity of Kuru Kururu. The baby was seated in the front passenger seat with Ameer Mohamed.