An Essequibo Coast family was plunged into a state of mourning after a teenager was run over by a reversing canter on Monday evening.
Dead is 13-year-old Rovin Mark Williams, a former student of Suddie Primary School and of Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).
Based on the reports received, the teenager was in the canter along with another person when the driver started to reverse the vehicle. While information remains sketchy, Guyana Times understands that the young man fell out of the tray and into the path of the rear wheels of the canter.
As a result, he sustained injuries and was immediately taken to the Suddie Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead. According to hospital officials, the teen suffered a fractured skull and several broken bones in his body.
Joshuah Ramdatt, with whom the teenager was at the time of the accident, briefly recalled, “Me and he went in the canter when he fall out and the canter run him over… When I see [i] jump out and help he and the driver too, he hurry and rushed him to the hospital.”
The driver of the vehicle was taken into custody and is assisting with investigations.
