Chopping, Stabbing & Vehicle Fire Among SLFS Responses

Over the past few days, Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) emergency personnel responded to incidents involving a stabbing, a chopping, a road accident and a vehicle fire. On Sunday at 6:03 pm, a Babonneau Fire Station crew learned of a chopping at Roseau and, on arrival, found an adult male with his head wrapped in a shirt. He appeared to be bleeding profusely. The responders treated him for a deep laceration to the back of the head and transported him in stable condition to a medical facility for advanced medical care. On Monday, at about 1:10 am,  an adult male walked into the Gros Islet Fire Station complaining of pain to the right side of his body. He also had a laceration above his right eye. The man disclosed that a known assailant had assaulted him, resulting in a puncture wound to the right side of his body. He was treated and then transported to a medical facility for advanced medical care. On Friday, SLFS personnel responded to two other incidents. One involved a vehicle and a male pedestrian on the Vieux Fort-Laborie Highway, and the other – a vehicle fire at Beausejour, Gros Islet. The Vieux Fort Fire Station...