BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – KIMO LIBURD, the man charged for causing the death two-year-old Janiah Johnson, was recently found guilty, convicted and remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison until his sentencing hearing on Monday, November 4, 2013.
According to a police release, he was convicted for causing death by dangerous driving.
Little Janiah was the Federation’s first road fatality for 2012, having been involved in a February 19 traffic accident along the Kim Collins Highway.
Information reaching SKNVibes at that time indicated that the incident occurred at approximately 7:10 p.m. on the day in question.
The child’s father, Boris Johnson of Parray’s Village, was driving motorcar P1714 which was travelling in the direction of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank when it collided with motorcar P1436, driven by Kimo Liburd of Lodge Project.
Janiah’s mother, Alexia Johnson, was also a passenger of P1714 at the time of the collision.
All were reportedly transported to the Joseph N. France General Hospital, and while the adults suffered cuts and bruises, little Janiah fought for her life for hours before succumbing to her injuries.
An autopsy performed on the body of little Janiah on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 revealed that death was as a result of “head trauma as a consequence of a motor vehicle accident”.
Causing death by dangerous driving is an indictable offence, the maximum penalty for which is five years imprisonment.
