A Belle Vue, Vieux-Fort man is now battling for life in hospital almost one week after he was found suffering from chop wounds in a banana plantation in Vigier, Vieux-Fort.
Donovan Fontenelle, 36, is currently in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit of St. Jude Hospital, police sources have told St. Lucia News Online (SNO).
Reports are that on Wednesday, May 13, at around 7:30 p.m., members of the St. Lucia Fire Service and the police were summoned to a chopping incident at Vigier, Vieux-Fort in a banana field, when Fontenelle was found with multiple lacerations all over his body.
He was transported to St. Jude Hospital via ambulance.
A source told SNO that Fontenelle was bleeding profusely and foaming from his mouth when he was discovered.
No one has been arrested to date, but unconfirmed reports are that three persons of interest are being sought in connection with the incident.