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Man Charged For Traffic Fatality Three Years Later
posted (November 14, 2014)
It took police almost 3 years, but they say that they finally have enough evidence against Ervan Augustine, the driver in the traffic accident which killed 45 year-old Wayne Williams on the evening of in December 6, 2011.

Viewers may remember that terrible accident. The water truck that Augustine was driving had been parked in the West-bound lane of the highway after one of its back wheels broke off. Reports were that the truck was left in the lane until darkness fell. Williams was driving his Toyota Tacoma toward Belmopan, and when he arrived at mile 28, the truck suddenly came into his field of vision on a dark section of the road. He swerved into the lane of the incoming traffic and slammed into the driver's side of loaded Westline Bus heading to Belize City.

From the night of the accident, persons on the scene suspected that the truck was the cause of the accident. It wasn't until yesterday, however, that Ervan Augustine, the driver of that truck, was arraigned in Magistrate's Court for the charge of manslaughter by negligence.

He was granted bail of $5,000, which he was able to meet, and he must return on January 20, 2015.

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