Bajan man dies after binge drinking

(Barbados Nation) One man has died and another is in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) following a drinking binge on Wednesday.

Dead is 28-year-old Kirk Lamar Foster of Bissex Housing Area, St Joseph.

Unconfirmed reports state Foster was in a group of eight men and, after consuming their eighth bottle of alcohol, he went home where he was found dead around midnight Thursday.

Atiba Howell, 29, who lives at the same house was also found there and appeared to be ill. He was not responding and was taken to the QEH, where he was reported to be in a stable condition last night. Police are investigating the incident.