A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD of Onderneeming Sandpit, in Region Two, tragically lost his life on Monday, after a canter being reversed by a businessman allegedly ran over him.

Dead is Rovin Mark Williams who was last seen Monday by relatives. The incident occurred around 18:00 hours at Adventure, Region Two.

The driver is currently in police custody. Information revealed that the businessman was reversing when the ‘teen’ fell and, by the time another employee had informed him, the canter had, allegedly, ran over the ‘teen’.

It has been revealed that the teenager previously worked with the businessman to pick mangoes. He was a pupil of Suddie Primary School.

“We get to understand he fall off the canter and by the time someone told the driver, he ran over his head. When we saw him the head was smashed” a relative said.

The relatives said that most of the injuries the teenager received was to his head.

The sister, with tears in her eyes, recounted how her brother’s death was not caused by him falling, but rather by being hit by a vehicle in an accident. She is pleading for justice for her brother.

Williams was picked up in an unconscious state and rushed to the Suddie Public Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

He suffered injuries to his head and face. His body is currently at the Suddie mortuary, awaiting a postmortem examination. Police are continuing their investigation.