Man charged for causing death of Armstrong brothers

TIMES INT'L

…one year later

The man who reportedly drove his motor lorry in a dangerous manner causing the death of the sons of Regional Health Officer of Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), Dr Pansy Armstrong last year has now been brought before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Twenty-seven-year-old Ghansham Dass, of Lot 2233 Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and denied the charges read to him.

Brothers Phillip and Jonnel Armstrong

The charges stated that on October 16, 2016, at Friendship Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), he drove motor lorry GNN 5355 in a manner dangerous to the public causing the deaths of 23-year-old Jonnel Armstrong and his brother, Phillip Armstrong, of Linden.
According to the defendant’s Attorney, Paul Fung-a-Fat, the accident occurred more than one year ago and Dass was not charged after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) determined that the accident was “accidental”.
He also asked that bail be granted to his client as he was ill, suffering from Parkinson’s Disease.
Prosecutor Arvin Moore had no objections to bail, but asked that it be set in a substantial amount.
Bail was granted in the sum of G$400,000, and the defendant was scheduled to make his next court appearance on November 16.
The fatal accident occurred around 01:45h when the Rav4, which the brothers were travelling in collided with the truck after the driver reportedly lost control while negotiating a turn on the East Bank of Demerara.
Jonnel Armstrong was an aeronautical engineer and Phillip Armstrong, a medical student.

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