A 19-year old student of the Government Technical Institute died yesterday after he was apparently run over by a truck at Agricola.
Dustin Crawford was killed while walking along Flour Mill Road. He has a one-year-old daughter and he lived at Lot 39, Friendship. He was a member of the Guyana Under-19 Rugby team.
According to reports, persons saw the truck driving away from the scene while Crawford’s lifeless body lay on the road.
The young man’s father, Terrence Crawford, said his son was heading to the Namilco Flour Mill after they promised to sponsor the rugby team. Crawford said the police told him that they are currently investigating, but said they are yet to locate an eyewitness.
Crawford said persons in the area told him that a man on a motorcycle informed the company in question that one of their trucks had struck down his son. “We are trying to locate this man on the motorcycle, because we have questions,” Crawford said.
Crawford said his son’s jersey was shredded, his hands and feet were damaged and his head was crushed. When Stabroek News arrived on the scene, there was a pool of blood.
Dustin leaves his parents and five brothers, Allain, 25, Elton, 17, Dane 14, and Elisha 11, to mourn.
His father described him as quiet, fun, jovial and a person who loved to tell jokes. Crawford would’ve celebrated his twentieth birthday on August 9.