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Child Succumbs 5 Days After Being Knocked Down
posted (March 23, 2015)
A week ago we told you about accident victim 11 year old Austin Olivera Jr. He was knocked down by a tour van on Tuesday morning at the airport junction in Ladyville. Although he had swelling in his brain from the impact, doctors and his family were hopeful. But that hope was shattered when little Austin died last night at around 10. Doctors told the family it was a result of the head trauma. We spoke to Austin Sr. today as he relived the accident and the moment he found out about his son's demise.

Austin Olivera Sr. - Father of Deceased
"Today was the date they would have to him on another cat scan, but probably yesterday morning when I was there, he was looking fine and when I got there I saw the machine now and again doing skip, because the currant had went off and they had the machine on generator. So, what I did when I found out from the nurse I ask how the machine is working like that, because they told me he was fighting back with the machine to breathe. So far he had his eyes open and he was breathing perfect. That's up to the time when I left around 7pm and I came home. My wife call me and told me to come to the hospital now. She didn't tell me that the little boy passed away right away, she said to come to the hospital and when I got there then she told me he had passed away. The swollen had gone down, but according to the doctor, it's from the head trauma - the hit that he got, because the swollen had gone down and the plan was to run another cat scan today. But, I only could say that with that trauma hit, the medication wasn't reacting anymore and that what send him off."

"The loss of my son will be a shock to a lot of people, especially his school, because everybody know Austin and he is a child that everybody within that school and within this neighborhood loves Austin. And it's a shock for some of them that heard that he has passed away."

Austin Sr. told us that Austin's older sister usually takes him to school but it is only recently that Austin Jr. began to take the bus on his own. The post mortem is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at 1.

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