Andr? 'AJ' Wilson, a teenager 'with the Midas touch', died yesterday after suffering injuries in a motorcycle accident on Monday.

He was 14.

His family and friends said, the boy who loved friends, football and fishing, would be sadly missed.

His guardians aunt Veronica and uncle Asquith Phillips said although he faced the challenges of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), everything he touched he not only mastered, but turned it to gold.

Mrs. Phillips said: In the middle of life you get tragedies, you get death and you get disappointment and all kinds of things."

Andr?, of Palmetto Vale, Smith's, was in a motorcycle accident on Monday afternoon at Knapton Hill. He is the fifth motor accident fatality of the year.

Mrs. Phillips said AJ had left home with his friend Tyrone Pedro at about 1.30 p.m. Tyrone called around 3 p.m. to say there had been an accident.

She had called an ambulance, but Andr? asked her to take him to the hospital instead. She did not realise that his injuries were life threatening, as she was under the impression that he had only been in a pedal cycle accident.

Mrs. Phillips said after he got into the car he just said: "Sorry aunt Ronnie."

But it was not until after the scans came back that she and the family realised how serious his injuries were.

Mrs. Phillips said she prayed with him and Andr? said, "Amen". Unfortunately that was his last coherent word.

His family said the former Whitney Middle School student was an avid reader and was a weekly visitor to the Youth Library.

The last book he read was 'Nowhere to Call Home', in which a 15-year-old boy died. He insisted that his aunt read it.

"It was like a premonition," she said, "I am not worried about him, I know he is with the Lord."

Andr?, who was baptised two years ago, had attended Sunday school and mass at the St. Phillips AME Church and his family had instilled a strong faith in Christ in him within his short lifetime.

He began his education at Harrington Sound School, had just graduated from Whitney Middle School and was about to start life at CedarBridge Academy in the fall.

At Whitney he was Head Boy of Sports and his uncle said he was a natural sportsman.

"He seemed to excel at any sport," he said, "He was involved in golf, cricket, swimming, karate, track and field and football.

"Out of all the sports he played AJ loved football most. He was the goalie for the Under 13 Dandy Town Team, the Whitney Middle School team and was selected for last year's Eastern All Stars Team."

Although Andr? had been brilliant at mathematics, languages and computers, he was fond of creative writing and reading most things.

He wanted to become a Police officer when he grew up, but his family thought that perhaps he could use his talents in other ways.

Aside from academia, Andr? had an artistic flare enjoyed sculpture and painting.

His family said he often personalised T-shirts for his friends with graffiti style writing and was planning on opening a stall at the Farmer's Market so he could make a little money off his talent.

Mrs. Phillips said he was a "real little leader" and he was always surrounded by a group of friends. He enjoyed playing with the neighbourhood boys till dark and often went fishing with them.

She said when he was born he was a "bouncing fire ball".

His uncle described him as a "straight shooter".

Though AJ enjoyed having a good time he was also a responsible young man and had just completed his first summer job at Sampson's Tailoring shop.

During Cup Match he worked at a snowball stall with his cousin. He saved most of his earnings and had just treated himself to a rubber dinghy, so he could go fishing with his friends.

His friends Onika Outerbridge, 14, Ch? Augustus, 14, and Andr? Marshall, 13, described AJ as not only as a good friend, but also as the class clown.

They all said he made them laugh and they will miss his laughter and the fun times they shared.

Mr. Marshall said he was often riding motorcycles even though he was underage, but AJ's death has made him take a second look.

His father Andr? Wilson said he will miss his son.

Andr?'s first cousin Katrina Knights said they were learning what AJ meant to so many people around the Island.

"We are just learning what an impact he had on people throughout the Island," said Ms Knights.

"We knew that we were planting the right seeds, but we didn't know how well they were flourishing.

"When they are at home you don't always know."

Andr? is survived by numerous relatives and friends.