As the results of carnival competitions were being released on Wednesday, the family of 17-year-old Camilla Trimmingham waited for the release of her body from the Kingstown mortuary, to make final arrangements for her funeral.{{more}}
Camillaâs parents, cousins, siblings, aunts and friends gathered at the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, awaiting the autopsy results for the teen, who was crushed by the wheels of a truck during JâOuvert activities Monday morning.
Bruniel Baptiste, the deceasedâs cousin, who was with her at the time of the tragedy, told SEARCHLIGHT that they were in the JâOuvert band with friends, when Camilla said she wanted to leave.
As the group reached Bay Street, in the vicinity of the cenotaph, tragedy struck.
âWe werenât feeling the spirit. We were walking because she was saying that she didnât like the band, so we were looking to leave the band,â Baptiste told SEARCHLIGHT.
âAt the same time, âBomb ah Dropâ start playing, and the crowd was hyping.
âShe was behind me and when the music stop, I turned around and I saw her under the truck, and the truck roll up to her neck, and everybody was crying for the truck to stop.
âI didnât see how she manage to fall,â Baptiste said.
Another individual, who was a short distance from Trimmingham, told SEARCHLIGHT that the DJ stopped the music and had asked individuals at the front and side of the vehicle to move, and as persons were doing so, the music resumed, causing the crowd to go into a frenzy.
âWhen the music start to play, the crowd started to get on wild, and the crowd push,â said the young lady, who wished not to be identified.
âWhen I see the music stop and the crowd stop and everybody start coming round, I just say to myself I wonder who they mash dey.â
Trimmingham was then rushed to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital.
A hospital source told SEARCHLIGHT that when the teenager arrived at 6:30 a.m., she was already dead.
According to a police release, shortly after 6 a.m., Trimmingham was pinned under the rear wheels of the truck TK 721, owned and driven by Desmond Llewellyn.
Camillaâs father Curlan Baptiste told SEARCHLIGHT that like most other family members, he was hurt by his firstbornâs death, and was trying to be strong for other family members.
âShe was with me from a baby. We had a good relationship. I wouldnât really feel it till I reach home and realize that my daughter is not aroundâ¦.â
Camillaâs mother, too hoarse and traumatized to talk, was consoled by other family members, who described the student of the St Clair Dacon Secondary School as a jovial person, who was fun to be around.
âShe always used to be smiling and giving jokes and them kind of things,â sister Phillicia said.
âShe was a loving person and never depressed, it was really hard when we heard that,â her aunt, Ronella added.
Camillaâs relatives used to opportunity to dispel rumours that she was intoxicated at the time of the accident.
The post mortem revealed that Trimmingham died as a result of multiple trauma.