Driver fined for careless driving

A 44-year-old driver, Alex Boateng, has been fined GH¢144.00 by the Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court for careless and inconsiderate driving, causing unlawful damage and failing to report an accident.

Ten penalty units on the first two charges were imposed on Boateng who faces eight months’ imprisonment with hard labour in default, while the third charge attracted two penalty units (in default he would serve four months’ imprisonment).

The prosecutor, ASP Richmond Akwasi Yeboah, told the court, presided over by Mr Asmah Akwasi Asiedu, that the complainant was a media marketer resident in Accra and in charge of a private saloon car, while the accused, Boateng, a resident of Somanya, was a driver in charge of a cargo truck.

He said on December 22, 2012, at about 6:05 p.m., Boateng loaded his vehicle with yams, driving from the Akosombo direction towards Kpong.

He said on reaching a section of the road at Belekope, a fishing community near Kpong, Boateng  was overtaking two stationary vehicles parked by the roadside without due care and attention and in the process, lost control of the steering wheel and suddenly veered off his lane and hit the saloon car, which was then coming from the opposite direction, causing damage to it.

The prosecutor said Boateng abandoned his vehicle after the accident and ran away to an unknown destination.

He said police intelligence later led to his arrest at Somanya.