UPDATED: Child hit by police vehicle
Scene of the accident. A six-year-old student of the Ti Rocher Combined School was rushed to hospital Friday afternoon (March 7) after he was hit by a police vehicle on the Bexon Highway. Reports are...
View ArticleProbe ongoing into death of crew member on foreign vessel en route to St. Lucia
A view of the Castries port. A Guyanese-owned cargo vessel on which a crew member died and another fell ill and was hospitalised, is expected to leave the Castries port today, Tuesday March 11, 2014....
View ArticleNational cultural hero passes away
Flora Granger (in wheel chair) with other National Cultural Heroes, their representatives and H. E. Governor General, 2013, Government House. Flora Granger, a woman dubbed a national cultural hero, has...
View ArticleDerniere Riviere house destroyed by coconut tree accident
Destroyed house. The home of a resident of Derniere Riviere has been destroyed after a coconut tree fell on the house. St. Lucia News Online (SNO) understands a Belmont man was cutting the coconut...
View ArticleSt. Lucian dies tragically in British Virgin Islands
A St. Lucian man, known as ‘Popo’, died from an accident on a construction site in Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands on Thursday, March 20. Police Information Officer Diane Drayton told reporters...
View ArticleFamily of dead Guyanese sailor speaks out
Lilkumar died on a ship en route to St. Lucia nearly two weeks ago Relatives of the 53-year-old seaman Lilkumar (only name), who died on a ship en route to St. Lucia nearly two weeks ago, say they are...
View ArticleUPDATE: Construction worker crushed to death
Scene where construction worker was crushed to death. A man was crushed to death following the partial collapse of a construction site at Barre D’ Lisle. Mark Francis Alexander, also known as ‘Roti’ of...
View ArticleRelatives of dead construction worker want justice
Mark Francis Alexander Relatives of Mark Francis Alexander, also known as ‘Roti’ of Goodlands who died today, following the collapse of a construction site at Barre de L’Isle, are pleading for justice...
View ArticleSympathies pour out to family of dead construction worker
The Government of St. Lucia and C. O Williams Construction Ltd. have extended its sympathies to the family of Mark Francis Alexander. “At the time of his death, Mr. Alexander was employed at the site...
View ArticlePolice investigate suspected drowning at Black Bay
Black Bay. Photo credit: Tom Willet/Flickr Officers attached to the Vieux Fort Police Station are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 41-year-old Vincent Descartes of Laborie...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Taxi driver stabbed
St. Lucia News Online understands that a taxi driver has been stabbed on the tunnel road. SNO does not yet know the circumstances surrounding that incident or the condition of the taxi driver. An...
View ArticleStab victim Moses Bertrand speaks out after his attack
Moses Bertrand was attacked while driving after picking up two tourists on his bus from Marigot en route to a hotel on the north. What Moses Bertrand thought would be a normal day making a daily bread...
View ArticleUPDATE: Fiery traffic accident in Canaries leaves at least two dead
Scene of the accident. At least two persons are confirmed dead following a vehicular accident in Belvedere, Canaries this afternoon. Reports are that the vehicle overturned and burst into flames. The...
View ArticleBrakes may have failed vehicle of fatal Canaries accident
One of two people whose life was claimed by a single-vehicle accident at Canaries on Wednesday (Apr. 3) is yet to be identified. The other dead crash victim is retired nurse Julietta Lionel of Canaries...
View ArticleUPDATE: Missing Dennery man found lifeless on beach
Dennery Beach. Photo credit: catamarantwooceans.wordpress.com. The circumstances surrounding the death of a Dennery man who was found dead on the Dennery Beach Thursday afternoon is still unknown....
View ArticleUPDATE: Homicide in Pigeon Point, body discovered in bushes
The body being removed from the scene. * See more photos on our Facebook page. The decomposed body of a man with his head covered in a sack and his feet bound was discovered in bushes on a hill in...
View ArticleUPDATE: Hotel gives update on employees injured in boat explosion
Rendezvous Resort has confirmed that two of its staff members were injured in an explosion on one of their boats this morning, Wednesday, April 9. Police sources say the “mishap” involved took place...
View ArticleUPDATE: Boat accident explosion was “spontaneous”
The boat involved in the explosion. A boat explosion incident which left a hotel employee nursing injuries at the hospital is believed to have been “spontaneous” and most likely a result of mechanical...
View ArticleUPDATE: Details of Bexon Highway accident, no deaths reported
Police sources have revealed the details of a non-fatal accident which occurred on the Bexon Highway bout 6:30 pm on Wednesday, April 9. Reports are that the accident involved two SUVs: one with...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Accident in Rodney Bay
St. Lucia News Online has confirmed reports of an accident involving a motorcycle and a van in Rodney Bay around 12 noon. Reports are that the motorcyclist is known as ‘Malaway’ from a La Clery,...
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