Boy, 12, crushed by tractor

A 12-year-old boy was crushed under the wheels of a tractor which was pulling a steelband in San Fernando yesterday.

Vico Emmanuel received chest and leg injuries as his body buckled under the weight of the tractor. The accident occurred around 11 am at Harris Promenade when Emmanuel, who was seated on the pan rack at the bottom of the steelband’s float.  Reports stated that the driver stopped at the roadside and went away briefly, when a reveller, of Embacadere, attempted to steer the float. However, as the float started to move Emmanuel’s legs got caught under the vehicle’s wheels and he was dragged under and pinned. Eyewitness, Megan Sanchez said that as the boy screamed out, the driver tried to release Emmanuel by reversing the vehicle, the tractor rolled over his body again. Emmanuel was rushed to the San Fernando General Hospital where he was warded in a serious but stable condition. Meanwhile, police seized several weapons from revellers jumping in Jouvert celebrations in San Fernando. Among the weapons confiscated were two knives, three cutlasses and a chinese chopper. The weapons were seized from two men, aged 21 and 23, who had the weapons tucked in their waists while they were jumping in Black Gold band on Coffee street around 7 am yesterday police said.