Last night, we told you about 70 year-old Marie Knowles, the career educator who died after being knocked down on Wednesday on Bhagdad Street. Well, the young man who was behind the wheel of the vehicle which hit her is 19 year-old Boyd Lopez, a labourer of Regent Street. He's out on bail tonight after being taken to Magistrate's Court.
He was arraigned today before Magistrate Herbert Panton in the charges of causing death by careless conduct, driving a motor vehicle without due care and attention, driving a motor vehicle while not being in possession of a valid driver's licenses, and driving a motor vehicle not covered by third party risk insurance.
No plea was taken from him because the offences will be treated as indictable, and he was released on bail of $5,000. He must return to court on April 17.
As we reported, at around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Lopez was driving his boss' Toyota Highlander. He was reportedly driving too fast, and he lost control of the vehicle. He ended up hitting a fence, 3 water mains, and Marie Knowles, who was on the sidewalk. She was practically in front of her house when Lopez ran her over.
Marie Knowles suffered extensive facial and body injuries, and she passed away yesterday at around 3 p.m.
We said last night that he had barrowed the vehicle form his boss at Maria Chang. Well, it turns out that the owner of the vehicle was related to the owner of 88 Shopping Center - which is housed inside the Maria Chang building - so he was not an employee of Maria Chang.
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