WOW Gambia: "The driver of a Pegasso truck that ploughed into a crowd of APRC militants on January 13, killing 10 people and leaving some hospitalised, on Monday, appeared before Magistrate Ayoub John Njie of the Brikama Magistrates Court.
Alhagie Badjie faces 12 charges, causing deaths, driving with defective tires, and driving without efficient brake system. However, the accused pleaded not of guilty of charges.
According to the prosecution, Alhagie Badjie on 13th January, 2008, at Serrekundanding Village, Kombo Central, drove a Pegasso truck in a rash and negligent manner without having regard for the circumstances of the road, thereby causing the death of Alieu Ceesay."
Alhagie Badjie faces 12 charges, causing deaths, driving with defective tires, and driving without efficient brake system. However, the accused pleaded not of guilty of charges.
According to the prosecution, Alhagie Badjie on 13th January, 2008, at Serrekundanding Village, Kombo Central, drove a Pegasso truck in a rash and negligent manner without having regard for the circumstances of the road, thereby causing the death of Alieu Ceesay."