Nationwide — Dsiyahn Whitmore, a 10-year-old African American boy from Nashville, Tennessee, sadly handed away after being left alone on a minibike that he crashed right into a tanker truck outdoors a gasoline station. His household is trying to find solutions about the way it occurred.
On the evening of the crash, Dsiyahn was with buddies at a gasoline station on Fundamental Road. Whereas adults went inside, he was left unattended on a gasoline-powered minibike. Based on Metro Nashville Police, he by some means accelerated onto the highway and hit the rear facet of a passing tanker truck. He died on the scene.
His older sister, Mariyana Mayfield, mentioned he was purported to be with buddies shopping for sweet. “He was not driving the motorcycle. He was left unattended, and he did what any little one would do out of pure curiosity,” she instructed Motion Information 5.
Each the police and the household are looking for out who owned the minibike and who was answerable for him that evening.
“He was deserted. He was left alone on the road by some unknown particular person, and he deserved higher,” Mayfield added.
Dsiyahn was a fourth grader at Nashville Northeast Elementary. He cherished music, soccer, and making individuals snigger. His household described him as playful, adventurous, and lively.
“He was at all times the category clown. He was the sunshine in so many individuals’s lives,” Mayfield mentioned. “He made an influence on everyone that he encountered. Although he lived a short while, he was a really curious and adventurous little one.”
Now, his family members are left to grieve. His youthful siblings regarded as much as him, and the household is struggling to deal with the loss.
“I wouldn’t be the lady I’m right now if he didn’t make me a giant sister,” Mayfield mentioned. “There’ll at all times be a gap that solely he can fill, however I do know he’s not coming again.”
