The grief-stricken Peterson family, whose son L-Jay was knocked down by a metro fire bakkie, bears no grudge towards the driver of the vehicle.
Speaking at his Algoa Park home on Thursday, where the family was visited by Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Mongameli Bobani and his mayoral committee, Lional Peterson and his wife Sharon, both 41, fought back tears.
Lional said he could not concern himself with what would happen to the driver as he grieved for his son.
“I do not know who he [the driver] is, but I know his family is also grieving. It could have been his child.
“For now, there is no anger towards him. We as parents don’t know what actually happened. As the mayor said, let the law take its course,” he said.
Bobani offered condolences and an apology to the family of the nine-year-old boy, who had attended Republic Primary School in Bethelsdorp.
The mayor also assured the family that the municipality would do everything in its power to help them with burial costs.
Speaker Buyelwa Mafaya said no parent should experience the loss of a child, and so the municipality had decided to go and mourn with the family.
L-Jay was killed after being struck by a fire department bakkie as he crossed Stanford Road earlier this week.
The bakkie was heading down Stanford Road towards Cleary Park when the accident happened.
At the time, municipal spokesperson Kupido Baron said the municipality was investigating, but it appeared that the fire truck was on its way to an emergency.