DPS spokeswoman Lei Ogumoro said traffic investigators are still working on the case.
According to Ogumoro, the earlier DPS statement that the boy was the cause of the crash was just the initial finding based on the preliminary investigation.
A resident, who declined to be identified, expressed dissatisfaction about the way DPS conducted its investigation.
The resident said he is wondering whether a thorough investigation was ever carried out.
He said even without a proper formal professional investigating training, he can tell that the seriousness of the child’s injuries was the cause of a speeding motor vehicle.
Faulting the child, he added, is a “flat out excuse not to do a complete and thorough investigation.”
He believes that DPS did not look into other factors such as the driving, medication and cellphone records of the driver of the vehicle.
“If speeding was truly ruled out and extra precaution was exercised then why did the accident occur in the middle of a village where speed limit should be kept to a maximum of five miles per hour?” the resident stated.
He said the secondary road from the main road does not have speed bumps but this should not be an excuse for any vehicle to drive at a higher speed especially when the stretch of the road is only about 500 feet from the main road.
The resident said lawmakers should consider rewriting the laws to ensure that drivers of moving vehicles on village roads do not get away with recklessness and negligence.
The boy was operating a bicycle when it collided with a vehicle driven by former Rep. Ana S. Teregeyo on April 19.
Teregeyo’s vehicle was heading north on Holiday Drive while the boy was heading west on Independence Loop. The minor entered Holiday Drive and collided with Teregeyo’s vehicle.
The boy sustained severe trauma injuries and laceration to head and abrasions to lower extremities.
The boy was later pronounced dead at the Commonwealth Health Center.
