Video: Man In ICU After Assault In Sandys
[Updated] The Bermuda Police Service [BPS] is holding a press conference this afternoon [June 24], with Detective Sergeant Jason Smith speak about the “recent incident which resulted in a male being warded in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.” We will have additional coverage later on and in the meantime the live video is below.
Update 4.27pm: The police said a man is in very serious condition in the ICU after an assault in Sandys at approximately 1.30am to 2.00am on Monday, June 21st.
The police said that the young man is in “serious medical condition as a result of being assaulted” and “is fighting for his life” after being “set upon by a group of men” in that Scotts Hill Road and Cricket Lane area.
The police added that an initial report said that there was an accident which the young man was thought to have been directly involved in however “subsequent investigations have revealed that that is not the case, but that the majority of his injuries are as a direct result of being assaulted.”
It was not a firearm incident, the police said, however a “group of people” were involved.
Update: The live broadcast has concluded and the 10-minute replay is below