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Police Will Charge Driver
posted (November 18, 2015)

A man was knocked down last night on the Western Highway near mile 4. The driver Jamal Bennett told police that he knocked down a cyclist when he was blinded by approaching headlights:…

Sr. Supt Chester Williams - Commander, Eastern Division Southside

"One Jamal Bennett was the driver of a car when he knocked down one Elsworth Lamb who was riding a bicycle; they were both going in the same direction and apparently based on what Mr. Bennett was saying that a vehicle was coming in the opposite direction with high beam and he could have not seen, so he pulled off on the side of the road and unfortunately there was this man riding in front of him and he didn't see the person due to the fact that his vision was blurred by the oncoming vehicle. He knocked down the cyclist and that person is currently admitted in the KHMH in a stable condition. He received a large cut wound to the left side of his head but he is in a conscious state, he's responding and we believe that we he will be released from the hospital very shortly."

"I am sure that Mr. Bennett is in custody and he has been charged for driving without due care and attention so far and we await the medico legal form from the doctor for us to able to determine what we'll charge him for as it relates to the injuries sustained by Mr. Lamb."

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