French Quarter:--- Emergency personnel from the Fire Department and doctors from the SMUR tried effortlessly to revive an elderly Haitian man who collapsed on the French Quarter main road on Sunday. The elderly man felt ill on his way home and apparently fell under a genip tree. Residents in the area saw the man and called the ambulance. The emergency workers were seen giving him CPR for about 20 minutes before the SMUR reached the scene and they too continued with emergency care but the elderly man did not survive. On the scene there were several gendarmes who made contact with the deceased man's relatives.Several members of the Nazarene Church in Lamigeot said the man worshiped with them on Sunday morning and at no time he indicated that he was not well. They identified him as Rickless living at Dollison Drive Dutch Cul De Sac.
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