Latest update August 9th, 2026 12:06 AM
Child crushed to death by truck… File finally with DPP after relative provides statement
Police have finally provided the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) with a report on the horrific death last June of seven-year-old Ciara Benjamin at Agricola.
Ciara Benjamin
A senior police official said that investigators have received a statement from the dead child’s aunt, who was present when Ciara was killed.
Police were initially unable to interview the aunt, since other relatives had said that she was too traumatised to give a statement.
Ciara Benjamin was in the company of her aunt, Simone Barry, when she was crushed by a sand-laden truck on the Agricola public road.
Police have received different accounts of what transpired.
They had also said that CCTV reports did not give a clear indication of what had occurred.
One report is that the child was waiting to cross the road with her aunt, Barry, when the horrific accident happened.
They were reportedly standing close to the median when the sand truck, with registration GWW962 slammed into the structure. The accident resulted in the child’s legs being severed.
The driver, later identified as Danion Welcome was beaten by incensed residents who rushed to the scene. His truck was also torched.
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