Boy, 13, dies after going for joyride in Hawaii with his eight-year-old brother behind the wheel

A 13-year-old Hawaiian boy died aft his relative accidentally deed an embankment and overturned their RTV connected nan Big Island. 

Maxim Beregovoy was riding connected a Kubota RTV X900 connected Puukala Road successful Kailua Kona connected Tuesday evening pinch his brother, eight, erstwhile nan second veered disconnected nan roadworthy and accidentally struck an embankment and mislaid control, according to Hawaii News Now. 

The vehicle, which is designed for unsmooth terrains, overturned aft nan clang connected nan family's spot and launched Maxim off, pining him underneath, according to Island News. 

He was rushed to Kona Community Hospital, wherever he was pronounced dormant astatine 7pm. 

'It's hard,' his father, Eugene Beregovoy told Island News. 'It's a large loss. My 2nd and 3rd [children] conscionable can't comprehend that he's not astir anymore. 

'He was my future,' nan begetter continued, increasing emotional. 'I had a batch of plans for him, we moreover worked together.' 

Eugene's different kid sustained non-life-threatening injuries and he was treated astatine nan scene, according to nan outlet. 

Police are investigating nan crash. 

Eugene said Maxim knew really to thrust nan RTV and he believes his eldest was trying to thatch his brother, who was not identified, really to run nan machinery. 

'He's an eight-year-old, I couldn't comprehend that Max would put him down nan wheel,' Eugene told Island News. 'But older relative trying to show his younger relative really it is done, because Max by that property was driving these things.' 

The incident happened successful nan family's driveway adjacent a gate.  

'My driveway goes up to nan gross but it besides turns 180 degrees to nan shop and erstwhile he turned near he deed nan embankment and it rolled,' nan father-of-seven explained. 

The Ukrainian family, who moved to nan Hawaiian land successful 2019, are focusing connected nan happy memories of Maxim, including a caller hike he and Eugene precocious took. 

'He said: "Dad tin you spell retired pinch america to do a hike?" and I yet sewage a chance a fewer weeks ago. So we went retired and recovered nan lava tube,' he told nan outlet. 

A GoFundMe has been started for nan family to thief salary for ceremonial expenses. 

The family remembers nan teen arsenic a 'sweet, caring, and incredibly smart boy pinch a agleam future.' 

Maxim loved exploring nan awesome outdoors, doing subject experiments, and designing projects that fto him learn, nan fundraiser said. 

'He will beryllium missed terribly, arsenic everyone who knew him loved him dearly,' nan fundraiser, which has raised much than $10,000, said.  

Maxim was nan eldest of 7 siblings, pinch nan seventh being calved conscionable weeks earlier nan tragedy. 

The family homeschooled their children and don't ain a TV, truthful nan children are 'always together playing' and they usage nan RTV and a Polaris to get astir nan ample cultivation property.  

'I person a small John Deere tractor and that's his machine. He operates it. I person an excavator and ever since he was eight, he asked maine to thatch maine really to tally it. By 9 years old, he was moving an excavator connected our farm,' Eugene said.