Eliz­a­beth Gon­za­les

A dis­pute over un­paid en­trance fees at the Ar­gyle Wa­ter­fall in To­ba­go end­ed in vi­o­lence on Sat­ur­day af­ter­noon, when a man was chopped dur­ing a con­fronta­tion.

Po­lice said 56-year-old Samuel Bap­tiste, a farmer from Main Road, Ar­gyle, was lead­ing a group of five peo­ple across the riv­er—al­leged­ly to avoid pay­ing en­trance fees—when he was con­front­ed by a craft ven­dor. The in­ci­dent oc­curred around 2:15 p.m.

The ven­dor re­port­ed­ly told Bap­tiste it was un­fair to bring peo­ple in­to the site with­out pay­ing, as it could neg­a­tive­ly im­pact his busi­ness.

An ar­gu­ment broke out and quick­ly es­ca­lat­ed in­to a phys­i­cal al­ter­ca­tion. Dur­ing the scuf­fle, the ven­dor al­leged­ly grabbed a cut­lass and chopped Bap­tiste.

The in­jured man was rushed to the Rox­bor­ough Hos­pi­tal, where he is cur­rent­ly list­ed in sta­ble con­di­tion.

The ven­dor was ar­rest­ed and tak­en to the Rox­bor­ough Po­lice Sta­tion. In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing.