Barbados has set a new record for the lowest number of road fatalities in a year.
In 2022, road fatalities stood at nine when the year closed on December 31, 2022. This total is according to the Barbados Police Force. Police Public Information Off
A man is dead following a shooting in the area of Fitts Village, St James. Police public relations officer, Inspector Rodney Inniss told Nation News the incident occurred about 7 p.m. More details as they come.
[Update: Saturday, January 7 at 8 am]
A St Lucy man is the island's first homicide victim for 2023.
He is Ramon Tyrone Archer, 33 years, of Crab Hill St Lucy.
Archer was died following a shooting at Risk Road, Fitts Village, St J
A young woman who tried to save the life of a man who subsequently died in the parking lot of Massy Stores in Warrens on Thursday is still in shock after witnessing him take his last breath.Twenty-three-year-old Brittany Brewster said it was sometime after 10:30 a.m. when she disembarked a bus at the southern end of the car park and noticed a minor car accident.The Barbados TODAY employee who was on her way to work nearby said she decided to approach the two cars to take a closer look after seeing no one outside either vehicle. It was then she noticed a man in one vehicle.“The windows were dark but something just felt off to me so I walked closer and realised that the gentleman had his head back on the seat. I knocked on the window and I didn’t get a response. I pulled the car door and was just asking him if he was okay and if he could hear me. But I didn’t get any response,” she recalled, adding that the man was gasping for air.
Police are looking into the circumstances surrounding a video circulating on social media from an incident reportedly on December 27, 2022, in Kingsland.
Public Information Officer, Barbados Police Service, Acting Inspector Rodney Inniss confirmed