Mother holds souse-out to pay for son’s funeral

Precious Sweeting lost her 17-year-old son Brieon Sweeting on September 8 in a motorcycle accident. She plans to hold a Souse Out to pay for the funeral.

Brieon was visiting Nassau from Andros. While driving a motorcycle along’ Go Slow Bend’, West Bay Street, he collided with a black Ford Explorer driven by a man believed to be a senior judge.  According to police, the black Ford Explorer was traveling north on West Bay Street near Coral Drive, when the driver said he attempted to make a left turn into the western seaview parking lot. The driver felt an impact and saw Brieon crash into a gate on the street’s western side.

Emergency Medical Services determined that Brieon died on the scene.

Sweeting has planned the event for Saturday in Nassau Village and posted the flyer to social media, requesting financial assistance to pay for her son’s burial.

The flyer reads, “In aid of Breion’s Homegoing Celebration.”  She is asking for a donation of $10.

Sweeting said the insurance coverage was not sufficient to pay for the funeral and is expecting that the proceeds from the Souse Out will cover the cost.

At the time of the incident, police said it was not yet determined who was at fault for the accident. Sweeting said she still does not know who drove the black Ford Explorer.

“I’m looking for information in reference to who knock[ed] down my son, because not only am I struggling emotionally with the death of my son but I’m also struggling financially,” she said in another social media post.

Brieon’s father  Kevin Louissaint described the teen as “joyful” and was expecting that he would return to Andros after taking a swimming test for employment on a cay. Instead, Louissant was informed that one of his worst fears became true.

He never wanted his son to ride a motorcycle. “I always told him to stay off those bikes.”

Sweeting believes the driver of the black vehicle “left him in the road like he was some dog.”

Breion will be buried on October 5.