Karim Edwards Pleads Not Guilty to Causing Death by Dangerous Driving in 2022 Friars Hill Crash

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Karim Edwards appeared before Justice Rajiv Persaud in the High Court on Friday morning and entered a not guilty plea to a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.

The charge stems from a fatal collision on October 23, 2022, along Friars Hill Road. Prosecutors allege that Edwards’ vehicle struck medical students Kenneth Mathew and Priyanjana Das as they were crossing the roadway.

Mathew sustained severe brain injuries and died just over a week after the crash. Das survived but suffered life-altering injuries, including the loss of her right arm, fractures to her left arm, and pelvic injuries.

The case is now set to proceed to trial.

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  2. The victims family must file a civil lawsuit against him.
    Why does it take three plus years for him to even enter a plea?
    Didn’t he allegedly leave the scene of the accident, to return later with an attorney?
    When will law enforcement begin to collect blood and urine samples of the driver(s) involved in serious accidents?

    @ANR please do some investigative reporting, instead of the regurgitated news briefs; in this case, what other charges did the DPP bring against him?

    By the way what has become of the Andrea Hughes case?

  3. This is sick in all levels. Not even catching you doing the wrong, this guys have the balls to express “He isn’t guilty”. Is like we need to prove he is guilty. Wow..We need to prove he was driving, we need to prove that was his car, we need to prove he escape after the crash and left on the road two humans. We need to prove one woman lose her arms and had lot of injuries, we need to prove one man died due the accident. Come on..do better. What would be his reaction, if was his daughter or his son involved in similar accident. He will accept a driver come in front of a Jury and say “I’m not guilty”

  4. Was this the chap that fled the scene at the time?

    If he’d stayed and helped out, maybe a life or more serious injury could have been avoided. Sadly, the the relatives will never know.

    A terrible tragedy that could’ve been avoided.

    SPEEDING KILLS…

  5. In Antigua,there is a saying.Friends in Courts are worth more than monies in your pockets.To whom is he related.He should have been charged with leaving the scene of an accident,among the other charges.Better late than never.I do hope justice is really blind as they say,especially in this case.

  6. @Brixtonian speed don’t kill. Ignorance does. You can be driving the speed limit and still cause a serious accident for example under certain weather conditions, road conditions and zones in which you’re operating a vehicle You drive with caution at all times in particular at nights with dimly lit roads to animals crossing the roads in the daytime.

    @Smith it’s alleged, that he’s personally connected to someone who sits on the bench in the Judiciary.

  8. While all of you trying to get justice for this student, which is not wrong, but I still keep on calling for justice for Andrea Hughes who was killed in a road accident:
    https://abstvradio.com/country-records-1st-road-fatality/
    The country has recorded its first road fatality for the year.
    Dead is 32 year old pedestrian Andrea Hughes of Cedar Grove following an accident which took place around 9.30 last night at Whetherwills Road, which leads to Cedar Grove.
    Lawmen said the vehicle, registration number A5386 was driven by owner, Mark Ryan of Crosbies.
    Police say “the allegations are that the motor jeep was travelling from East to West on Wetherwills Main Road when it suddenly came into contact Hughes.”
    She was rushed to the Mount St John’s Medical Centre, but was pronounced dead about 12.30am.
    And talking about being well connected. Daddy is running a shipping company and Mommy has a Perfume shop in Heritage Quay. And Furthermore Mark is allege owner of the popular Gym by WIOC Road. And Daddy also has boats doing tours. And now it looks like Mark is well connected to Anthony Smith whom I understand is now in the final stages of setting up his body to be project manager of the newly acquire Kens Club for CMC. Management and Board are ad odd with the minister. Gaston better take note of this. It will explode in his face and may cause Smith to lose against Lovell.
    https://www.rotaryclubantigua.org/stories/presentation-of-home-to-children-of-andrea-hughes
    https://antiguanewsroom.com/tanny-rose-calls-for-action-in-andrea-hughes-case/
    https://antiguanewsroom.com/commentary-andrea-hughes-a-life-for-a-house/
    This has nothing to do with politics and therefore you do not hear the cry from certain people who usually have a lot to say. You know who you are. Stay silent as much as your conscience will allow you. But I keep saying, only when you kill a dog you do not need to account for it. When you kill another human being you have to account for it.

  9. WHAT THE HELL…! …@LEST WE FORGET: …ANDREA HUGHES:
    A HOUSE FOR A LIFE: …READ ALL ABOUT IT-ANR:
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    Well, read your comment and vividly recall the ‘…TRAGIC DEATH OF ANDREA HUGHES,’ as reminded.

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    MOST TROUBLING: …BLATANT DERAILMENT OF JUSTICE

    THE ‘…MOST TROUBLING’ HAS BEEN THE APPARENT ‘…MOST BLATANT DERAILMENT OF JUSTICE.’

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    READ ALL ABOUT IT RIGHT HERE AT THIS NEWS PORTAL: ‘…ANR: APRIL 9, 2021.’

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    WHAT THE HELL…!

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    JUG THEIR MEMORIES”

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