Sheldon Brown, a 25-year-old constable of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF), has been charged with three counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

Brown appeared in the Santa Cruz Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday shortly after he was charged.

Resident Magistrate Sheron Barnes granted him bail in the sum of $500,000 with sureties. She also ordered that as a condition of his bail, he must not operate a motor vehicle on any public or private road until the determination of his case.

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Brown is to report to the Four Paths police station in Clarendon every Wednesday, and must surrender his travel documents to the police.

He has been suspended from the force pending the outcome of the case.

overtook line of traffic

It is being alleged that Brown was driving along the Wilton main road in St Elizabeth on January 8 when he overtook a line of traffic and collided into an oncoming vehicle. Two elderly persons in that vehicle died, along with Brown's passenger, who his lawyer Dionne Watson said was his best friend.

Thomas Levine, clerk of the Court, in outlining the allegations, said that the road was smooth, asphalted, dry and without potholes at the point of the accident.

Brown is to return to court on July 17 when the case will be mentioned.