Amy Winehouse isn’t just spending her time in St Lucia stealing cocktails and playing on the trapeze – she’s also hanging out at the beach. While there she rescued a woman suffering minor injuries after a boating accident.

Louise Williams, 39, was having a sailing lesson in the Caribbean when she was thrown out of her boat by a 6ft wave. The Brit landed painfully on rocks near where former heroin addict Amy was relaxing with a pal on her St Lucia break.

The singer dashed to Louise — who was lying in agony at the water’s edge and in danger of being swept back into the sea. She helped her up and guided her to a beach shower, where the singer cleaned her cut back.

Grateful Louise said: “I was bowled over by her kindness. She went out of her way to help me.”

Amy, 25, told The Sun about the drama last week, saying: “I thought she was going to drown.”

Louise, an admin officer of Plymouth, Devon, said: “A six-foot wave caught the boat and I went flying and hit a rock.

“Amy was on the beach 20 metres away and she ran across immediately and said, ‘Let’s have a look at you.’

“She picked me up and took me across to the showers and was constantly asking, ‘Are you all right?’”

The Rehab star then washed the gashes clean, ran to get fresh towels and wrapped her in them. Later Amy posed for a snap with Louise, looking proud.

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I think it might be stretching the truth to call this an act of heroism, but more an act of common decency. It’s true the woman could have drowned, but it’s not like Amy ran David Hasselhoff style into the surf, risking life and limb, before pulling her back to shore and giving her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Amy simply helped the obviously jarred and shocked woman up from the waters edge and took care of her until she regained her composure. Still, it was a damn nice thing to do, and many people would have just continued on their holiday. Particularly a famous person who might be trying to have some privacy and avoid drawing attention to themselves. Good job Amy!

Still, there’s a tiny part of me that is imagining being thrown from a boat, dazed and confused, and being confronted by the sight of Amy Winehouse coming to my rescue. It’s a great mental image. On that note, in the picture taken by Louise with Amy, she looks much happier and healthier than she does in the many paparazzi shots of her vacation.

Amy Winehouse is shown in St. Lucia on 1/12/09. Credit: Splash News