Li­cens­ing of­fi­cers are ex­pect­ed to to­day in­spect the mu­sic truck that crushed a rev­eller to death on Car­ni­val Mon­day in San Fer­nan­do.

The in­ci­dent claimed the life of 79-year-old Sel­wyn Lit­tle al­so known as “Short­man” of Mon Re­pos.

Lit­tle was hold­ing the ban­ner for D Jam­merz In­ter­na­tion­al Mil­i­tary Mas in front of the truck on Cof­fee Street, but as they en­tered Cipero Street, the truck rolled over Lit­tle. He died on the spot. The truck even­tu­al­ly stopped a dis­tance away and was im­pound­ed at the San Fer­nan­do Po­lice Sta­tion. The 43-year-old dri­ver of Friend­ship Vil­lage, San Fer­nan­do, was de­tained by the po­lice, ques­tioned and re­leased lat­er that day, po­lice said.

Mean­while, con­do­lences con­tin­ued to pour in on so­cial me­dia for Lit­tle who was a stal­wart in San Fer­nan­do.  In a so­cial me­dia post, D’ Jam­merz of­fered to as­sist the fam­i­ly in any way pos­si­ble and in an­oth­er post the San Fer­nan­do Car­ni­val Com­mit­tee paid trib­ute to Lit­tle.

“He was al­so no stranger to the Trin­bag­on­ian cul­tur­al fra­ter­ni­ty and San Fer­nan­do Car­ni­val, hav­ing been part of the Joey Lewis Band and D’ Jam­merz In­ter­na­tion­al Mil­i­tary Mas Band. He was a bea­con of joy, kind­ness, and com­mu­ni­ty spir­it. His warmth, help­ful­ness and un­wa­ver­ing ded­i­ca­tion to mak­ing our cel­e­bra­tions spe­cial will nev­er be for­got­ten. His pres­ence lit up the sea­son and his ab­sence will be deeply felt by all who had the priv­i­lege of know­ing him.”

Po­lice said the truck would have passed the re­quire­ments to be on the road on Car­ni­val Mon­day and Tues­day. Li­cens­ing of­fi­cers, how­ev­er, will ex­am­ine it to­day and the find­ings will as­sist in­ves­ti­ga­tors in de­ter­min­ing the di­rec­tion of their probe.

Lit­tle’s au­top­sy is ex­pect­ed to be done on Fri­day.