Police Constable Karen August Dies Days After Hit-and-Run Crash

Family, comrades and colleagues were hit with the news of the passing of Police Constable Karen August.  PC August, who was the victim of a hit-and-run accident while on her way home to Succotz, died just before 3 o’clock this afternoon at the Intensive Care Unit of the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. The young officer had been fighting for her life since the tragic incident on Sunday, September 7 between miles 68 and 69 on the George Price Highway. PC August was being given a ride home on a motorcycle, driven by PC Kurlyn Hamilton who received minor injuries in the hit and run.  Police and medical officials had been monitoring her condition closely, but despite their best efforts, she succumbed to the severe injuries sustained in the accident. PC August was the mother of two children, ages 4 and 7.  Five days after PC August and PC Hamilton were knocked off a motorcycle, Police charged 31-year-old, restaurant owner, Dijon McNab appeared in court where he was read several charges, namely, negligent grievous harm, negligent wounding, driving without due care and attention, failure to keeping as close as possible on the right-hand side of the road, failure to stop and render aid and failure to report an accident. McNab was granted bail of five thousand dollars and two sureties of the same amount.