Investigators from the Falmouth Traffic Division in Trelawny are yet to complete investigations into the road death of a six-year-old boy in Jackson Town, Trelawny on April 10. Six-year-old Dominic Justin Anderson, grade one student of First Hill Primary, was killed at his gate after he was reportedly hit by a car which was being driven by a prominent attorney in the parish. Area residents said police investigations from the start were inadequate and compromised. Checked by the North Coast Times yesterday revealed that police had not completed investigations into the incident. A post mortem examination done on Dominic’s body last Thursday, May 1, revealed that he died from multiple head injuries. Following the accident the driver of the vehicle was questioned by the police and released after he was warned for prosecution.
The motorcar involved in the accident was also seized, but was released sometime after following an examination by members of the JCF’s Accident Investigation and Reconstruction Unit. Investigators say the case is a very delicate one and that it is still being thoroughly investigated. More statements are to be collected in the matter. There were conflicting reports as to how the boy was hit by the car. According to the police, young Dominic was hit as he ran across the road and into the path of the car.
However, residents who protested against the accident have strongly denied the police report. They claim the child was at his gate when he was hit by the car which they say was speeding. In the meantime, Dominic’s mother, Christina Whyte said she is still trying to cope with the tragic and untimely death of her only child. She had told The Times that the driver had been charged and she was to be informed of the court date. However, when The Times checked there was no charge laid in the matter. “It hard but I am trying, it really hard,” she told the North Coast Times. She said that close friends and family were helping her to stay strong. Whyte said she misses her son who was her everything. She said the child will be buried on Saturday, May 10, following a thanksgiving service at the St. Matthew’s Anglican Church.
