Sunday, February 10, 2008

Naked woman causes stir in Trinidad and Tobago

It took six people to restrain a naked woman on High Street, San Fernando, yesterday. She was seen around midday walking the street and eventually stopped in front of Value Optical where she proceeded to lie outstretched on the pavement.

Manager of Value Optical, Shelly Ann Seecharan, said workers called for a hospital ambulance when they saw the woman, believed to be in her 40s, undressed and lying on the ground. As some people ran past, others seemed unaware of the crowd gathered on both sides of the road. A homeless man who was passing by looked at her and continued on his way.

Someone tried to cover the woman's naked body with a shirt but she flung it away, opened her legs and stuck out her tongue at the gathering.

Police and paramedics, including three women arrived. An off duty officer, attached to the San Fernando Police Station interrupted his shopping with his son to help. He quickly donned a yellow hospital coverall and a pair of gloves from the paramedics.

"Pick her up fast, is a human being," one man in the crowd shouted while two women were amazed at the texture of her skin. "Her skin real smooth," one commented.

As the woman tried to break free, while her hands and feet were tied, all six people involved in getting her into the ambulance had to restrain her. She was placed on her stomach on a stretcher and taken to the San Fernando General Hospital.

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