The St. Vincent Times understands that a Nigerian male medical student drowned on Emancipation Day Tuesday 1 August, in the waters surrounding Fort Duvernette, located on St Vincent’s South Coast.
The publication understands that student slid from a rock he was walking on and plunged into the sea. It is also reported that the student who was unable to swim struggled and consumed a considerable amount of salt water. He was brought to the hospital, but he was pronounced dead.
