A Lebanese man has been fined by Kaneshie District Court after he carelessly knocked down a 26-year old man at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra.
According to a Graphic Online publication, the Lebanese identified as El Fatal Mohammed, admitted to careless and inconsiderate driving as well as negligently causing harm and he was convicted on his own plea.
According to the facts of the case as sighted on Graphic Online, the convict in charge of Nissan Saloon car with the registration number GE 3184-11 was driving from Kaneshie to Osu through the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Overpass on November 26, 2017.
On reaching Paloma, he knocked-down Emmanuel Opoku Adu, the deceased, who was crossing from the driver’s side to the opposite direction.
Inspector Baidoo said Adu sustained serious injuries and was rushed to the Police Hospital but pronounced dead on arrival.
He said the docket was sent to the Attorney-General for advice after investigations.
Mohammed before the Court passed sentence said, he felt bad, adding that it was an accident and it could happen to anybody.
The court asked whether the convict contributed to the burial of the deceased, of which (deceased) mother said yes.
The Court advised the mother of the deceased to pursue insurance on the car if any, to offset part of the cost incurred by the family.
SOURCE: www.Ghgossip.com
