The truck driver who reportedly failed to stop after his vehicle crushed Mahaica market vendor, Benjamin, last Saturday night, was granted bail to the tune of $1.6M by Magistrate Judy Latchman when he appeared before her on Tuesday at the Mahaica Magistrate’s Court.BenjaminDeonarine Jairam, 21, of De Hoop, Mahaica,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, is facing charges of causing death by dangerous driving, failing to render assistance and failing to stop after an accident. He is being represented by Attorney at Law Jailall Kissoon, who successfully argued for bail despite the strong objections of police prosecutor Corporal Cheryl Graham.It is alleged that on Saturday last around 21:00 hours, Jairam was driving a truck at a fast rate when the vehicle struck down Benjamin – who was standing in the corner – after colliding with two other cars on the Mahaicony Public Road.Instead of stopping, Jairam fled the scene and parked the truck in the owner’s yard.Police,Chicago White Sox Jerseys, however, recovered a broken piece of a light shade at the accident scene, which they were subsequently able to match to the truck that Jairam was said to be driving on Saturday night.They also found traces of blood on the truck.Jairam subsequently turned himself in to police almost 24 hours after the accident.Meanwhile,Josh Hart College Jersey, police are narrowing down their search for a silver grey Toyota AT 212 car, which was involved in another hit-and-run accident on Monday,Kris Jenkins Villanova Jersey, which resulted in the death of pensioner Harrichan Baliram on the Hope Public Road,Josh Hart Villanova Jersey, East Coast Demerara.The pensioner, who resided at 14th Street, Foulis,Omar Infante Tigers Jersey, E.C.D., was killed on the spot after he was struck down from behind by the speeding car while he was cycling to work around 06:10 hours.Eyewitnesses said that the occupants of the car fled the scene without stopping.Again police recovered a broken mirror at the scene of the accident but the item bore no identification mark and investigators have had to dig deep to come up with a possible identification of the car.Harrichan BaliramA reliable police source on the East Coast of Demerara, without going into details, told this newspaper that investigators are “working on some information”.