Schoolboy, 10, struck by runaway van

A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy who was walking to school was injured yesterday after an out-of-control van crashed into him when the driver “blacked out” at the steering wheel.

Before coming to a halt, police said, the vehicle crashed into a wire fence, a gate and into another car. The 43-year-old driver, his 22-year-old male passenger and ten-year-old Traven Cromwell were all taken to San Fernando General Hospital where they were treated and warded. According to police reports, around 7 am, the driver, of Boodoo Trace, Debe, was proceeding along Harris Village, South Oropouche, in his pick-up van accompanied by the 22-year-old Freeport man. At the time, Cromwell was walking on the side of the road en route to his school, Oropouche Government Primary. The van hit Cromwell after the driver lost control. Oropouche police are continuing investigations.