A 46-year-old construction worker from Arima suffered serious injuries after he was struck on his head with a metal rod during an argument with a co-worker on Tuesday evening.According to reports, around 5.35 pm, Errol Williams, of La Horquetta, was working at a construction site on Valencia Road, Valencia when he got into an argument over money.
Police said the suspect picked up the makeshift weapon and struck Williams over the head and ran away.Williams was taken to the Sangre Grande District Hospital in an unconscious state where he was stabilised before being transfered to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Centre in Mt Hope.He was warded in a critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital up to late yesterday.
Although investigators obtained information on the suspect they did not find him when they visited his home on Tuesday night and again yesterday morning.Police said an arrest is imminent.