B.D.F. Soldier Loses Eye at Sarstoon F.O.B.
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Channel: Greater Belize Media | GBM · 2018 · News & Politics
For the latest news across Belize, visit: http://edition.channel5belize.com/ The Forward Operating Base at the mouth of the Sarstoon River is placed at a strategic location at Belize’s southernmost border with Guatemala. The post is manned around the clock by military and coast guard personnel who launch from the F.O.B. to conduct patrols upriver. On Wednesday morning, shortly before nine o’clock, a Belize Defense Force soldier was getting ready to dispatch from that location when he accidentally slipped off the pier and fell into the water. The accident will likely cost Private Fidel Williams the use of his left eye, as the fall severely injured his eye socket when he landed on a steel rod jutting out of the water. While the matter is being handled by the B.D.F., this morning, the police provided a brief report on the incident. We note, however, that the name of the injured soldier is Fidel Williams.
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