Driver charged with homicide in Hulhumale’ car crash that killed Bangladeshi man

The Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) has filed criminal charges, including the charge of reckless homicide, against a car driver involved in a fatal accident in April that resulted in the death of a Bangladeshi man.

The accident took place at around 11:18 pm on April 14, on the road to the west of the Ooredoo building in Hulhumale’ Phase I. Mausoom Haleem, Kethi, K. Kaashidhoo had been behind the wheels when his car crashed into a motorcycle with Bangladeshi nationals Masood Rana and Sheikh Shuaib.

Both Rana and Shuaib sustained critical injuries in the accident. Rana, who had been driving the motorcycle, later died from his injuries.

According to the PGO, the car turned into the road without a signal and crashed into the motorcycle as it attempted to overtake the car and ran over Rana.

Rana was found to have died from injuries he sustained when Mausoom ran over both him and Shuaib at high speed and then reversed the car with their bodies still trapped underneath.

The PGO confirmed on Monday that it has filed three charges against Mausoom with the Criminal Court; reckless homicide, causing grievous bodily harm and damage to private property.

The first charge is over Rana’s death while the second is over the critical injuries Shuaib sustained. The third charge was over the damage to a private car parked in the area that Mausoom hit with his car as it veered out of control.

The Central Park area of Hulhumale’ was the scene of another fatal accident earlier this September, when a speeding car crashed into a motorcyclist, resulting in the latter’s death.

The car driver is jailed pending the outcome of his trial.

It was the latest in a string of dangerous accidents in Male’ City and Hulhumale’ in recent weeks.

The spike in accidents has prompted the police to deploy a greater number of traffic police to patrol the streets of the capital. The police have said they will begin using motorcycles to patrol the Sinamale’ Bridge this week, to speed up response to accidents.

The police have received reports of nearly 2,000 road accidents so far this year, with over 200 accidents reported each month.