A 14-year-old steel pan player, who was slated to perform at the flag-raising ceremony last night, was killed in a freak accident on Tuesday in front of the North Ruimveldt Multilateral School.

The teen had just finished rehearsing for the “big day” at D’Urban Park and was heading back to the school with four other students in a truck to offload instruments when the tragedy occurred. Kivon Scipio of Lot 6 Railway Line, Kitty, was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. According to reports, just as the truck was about to reverse into the school compound, the 14-year-old teenager jumped off the back of the vehicle but fell under it. The driver of the vehicle was reportedly unaware that the young man had jumped off the vehicle and when the other students hit on the side of the truck for him to stop; he (driver) thought that it was an indication for him to reserve.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo: kaieteurnews.com)…[+]