By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN was remanded after he is alleged to have caused the death of a man in Abaco who drowned in a car accident on Christmas day.
Magistrate Kara Turnquest-Deveaux charged Dalande Austral, 47, with vehicular manslaughter by reckless driving and vehicular manslaughter by driving without third-party risk insurance coverage.
Alex Dorsett represented the accused, who was arraigned with the assistance of a Creole translator.
Austral allegedly drove a brown coloured 2011 Nissan Bluebird recklessly on Shell Road in Murphy Town, Abaco, around 11pm on December 25, causing Wodney Alexandry Beauchard to crash his silver coloured Nissan Cube into the water, where he drowned after being trapped in his vehicle.
The victim’s cousin escaped the car and cried for police to rescue Beachard in a video circulated on social media.
The defendant allegedly fled the scene of the accident.
The accused was informed that his case would proceed to the Supreme Court by way of a voluntary bill of indictment (VBI). Austral was told he would be sent to the Bahamas Department of Correctional Services until the higher court grants him bail.
His VBI is due for service on March 25.
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