It was over in seconds. Police say a St Elizabeth construction worker rode up beside a man on a motorcycle, allegedly chopped him with a machete and just rode off, leaving the bloodied victim to seek help.

Charged with Wounding with Intent is 28-year-old Stevaughn Davis, a construction worker of Beadles Boulevard, Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth.

According to police reports, at about midday on Saturday, July 12, the complainant was walking along a roadway when Davis allegedly rode up beside him on a motorcycle and used a machete to inflict wounds to the man's left hand.