Cyclist seriously injured in hit-and-run

| 07/11/2016 | 19 Comments

(CNS): A cyclist remains in hospital receiving treatment for serious injuries following a hit and run late Friday night in George Town, Police said Monday. They believe the man was hit by a silver Honda Accord that had crashed into a concrete wall sometime after knocking the victim off his bike. Police said they received the two reports in close succession at around 11pm on 3 November during  a weekend of crashes where drivers fled the scene.

The first report was the hit-and-run in Sound Way close to the Fish Pot food stand. The injured cyclist was conscious and said the driver of the car that hit him had left the scene. He was taken to hospital, where he is being treated for serious but not life-threatening injuries.

Meanwhile, other officers responded to a call where they found a silver Honda Accord had crashed into a wall on Whitman Seymour Drive only yards away from where the cyclist was hit. The 26-year-old driver from George Town was not injured in the smash but he was arrested on suspicion of DUI and leaving the scene of an accident after officers made the connection with the hit-and-run. He has since been released on police bail.

Senior police officers highlighted road safety and the issue of people leaving the scene after a major smash in Prospect early Saturday where the driver fled, and another hit-and-run on Sunday evening, when a pedestrian was hit by a car that also failed to stop.

“I am alarmed to see three collisions with injuries in one weekend, all involving drivers who left the scenes of the accidents,” said Inspector Ian Yearwood, Head of the Traffic Management Unit. “This is the height of irresponsible behaviour and we will respond accordingly. If you are involved in an accident, stay where you are until police arrive.  Running away will only make matters worse for you and others involved.”

Police said that on Saturday, 5 November, at around 3:30am police and emergency personnel attended a crash on Shamrock Road in the vicinity of Coral Bay Village. A black Honda Odyssey and Honda Accord had collided. While both vehicles were still at the scene, the driver of the Honda Accord had abandoned the vehicle.

The 21 year-old woman from West Bay who had been driving the Odyssey was arrested on suspicion of failing to provide a breath specimen and disorderly conduct. The accident is currently under police investigation.

On Sunday, 6 November, just after 7pm emergency services were dispatched to North Church Street, near the Lobster Pot parking lot, where a man had been hit by a dark blue Jeep Cherokee which had left the scene. He was taken to the Cayman Islands Hospital for treatment for minor injuries and released. Police found the jeep later that evening at an address in West Bay. A 38-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of leaving the scene of an accident and is currently on police bail.

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  1. Anonymous says:

    I think the main reasons why drivers refuse to stop are:- their vehicles are not licensed. Perhaps we should do an FOI request to Licensing Department to find out the amount of vehicles that have outstanding fees. I suspect there is 10 – 15 million dollars outstanding in fees. Is anything being done to collect these fees? This could surely fund the roads to make them safer. I see friends and family taking no interest in licensing their vehicles. Why? There are no penalties if you pay your fees late. They would rather take $100 to go to a party rather than pay $45 to license their vehicle for 3 months. The only risk you have is if you are involved in an accident and the vehicle cannot move. If there is a road block by the a Police, messages are sent electronically to everyone on their contact list to avoid them. Their vehicles are not insured, insurance rates are a bit high especially for young and inexperienced drivers. Lot of persons including the youth are driving vehicles that they are not insured to drive.

  2. Concerned cyclist says:

    I am appalled that the resurfacing project east of bodden town did not include cycling lanes considering the speed limits on that side of the island. Hope the NRA gives the public value for money and not stupidly resurfacing and putting in roads just because it is an election season.

    • Anonymous says:

      No one is talking about bodden town roads or the conditions of them in this post, use another platform for attention please.

  3. Anonymous says:

    These people need to do some serious jail time. I hope they have the book thrown at them, running away from the scene of an accident should carry a mandatory 5 year minimum, more if someone is hurt or killed.
    And can I just say a big hello to the (you guessed it) Honda drivers who use the new Dart road and roundabout into the north end of Camana Bay? How dare you decide to avoid going the correct way around the roundabout and nearly cause accidents, just to save a few seconds, but risk many lives? I have seen three Hondas now do that, at busy times and the excuses for men driving them have must very small penises. In fact I suspect they have very small everythings, and zero brains.

    • Anonymous says:

      Hear where this one gone now…omg….and what does the make of a car have to do with anything? I swear, the idiocy of some comments just kills me…

  4. 345 says:

    I love riding my bike to work. I feel better, am more alert and productive, sleep better that night, etc.

    But, I increasingly find myself in bed in the morning doing a cost benefit analysis. So many benefits, but what if that car I see in my rear-view mirror, is the last thing I see in my life?

  5. Anonymous says:

    People get hurt in situations like this because there is very little respect for one another.

  6. Anonymous says:

    In the USA, it may be possible to claim compensation for an ambulance delay if you or a loved one have suffered a loss, an injury or the deterioration of an existing condition due to the avoidable late arrival of an ambulance. There are various reasons why an ambulance can be delayed, but when they are due to the wrong priority being given to a callout or a miscommunication by Ambulance Services, the delay is considered avoidable.
    It is also possible to make a compensation claim for an ambulance delay if the ambulance is late in delivering you to a hospital – or takes you to the wrong hospital – and you suffer an avoidable injury or deterioration of an existing condition. This may be due to paramedics failing to realize the severity of your symptoms or because your symptoms have been misdiagnosed.

    Whatever the reason for your late arrival at hospital, if you believe that you received a substandard level of care and suffered an injury as a result, you should speak with a medical negligence solicitor at the first practical opportunity. A solicitor will be able to access Ambulance Service records to determine whether an ambulance delay was avoidable “at the time and in the circumstances” and – if so – make a claim for ambulance delay compensation on your behalf.

  7. Anonymous says:

    Cue Cayman Kind comments in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…

    • A Nony Mouse says:

      The only comment I will make is that the standard of driving here in Cayman has deteriorated severely and is still sinking fast! I drive the roads every day and cannot have 5 minutes pass before seeing at least one or more traffic offences. I have a dashcam and have turned in dozens of recordings of scoff-laws and have yet to see one item acted upon, despite the plate being clearly shown AND in some cases where the driver is clearly identifiable!

      The lack of proper traffic officers to catch these denizens of the roads has led to a common disregard for the rules of the road! The unlicenced motor bikes who used to roam the streets with impunity are now traveling in PACKS and endangering themselves (riding on ONE WHEEL for great distances!) and the rest of us who have to share the roads with them. It is PAST time to crack down on this and other miscreant behaviour!

  8. Anonymous says:

    When are police and Government finally going to do something about our lawless roads??? Every morning on my way to dropping my kids to school and getting to work I could easily list 20-30 traffic offenses I witness. Even my kids are able to point them out.

    Yesterday I was almost run off the road in the Latern Point area by one of those dump trucks cause I wasn’t flying down the road and he got irate……..I was going to call it in but there was no license plate attached! Last week somebody passed me on that road using the shoulder/bicycle lane because I didn’t let them by when I was going the speed limit and those idiots wanted to go past me.

    Also, what is it with the increasing amount of vehicles who do not have a license plate mounted on the front and just have them casually thrown on the dash board, if bothering to display one at all?

    What about the increasing amount of illegal, man-made wood box trailers that are being pulled around, likely by some illegally set up yard maintenance company?

    • Anonymous says:

      I have been here 45 years, in other words all my life and have never seen a car without a license plate or one that is “thrown on a dashboard” so if you’ve seen it, it may have been once, tops. Stop making sh** up. And those man made wooden box trailers are legal and are made by hard-working enterprising people who fight tooth and nail to survive on this critical, judgmental and expensive island. “Likely by some illegally set up…company” Are you for fu***ng real? How do you just assume that they are illegal and have balls big enough to spew your judgmental holier-than-thou opinions on social media? People like you are what is wrong with this island now. PEOPLE LIKE YOU. Go sit down somewhere far away and out of sight, please. Idiot.

      • Anonymous says:

        I have seen dozens in the last two years alone. You are either blind, don’t go out on the roads much, or more likely are a driver of an illegal vehicle and / or illegal trailer who doesn’t like the criticism.

  9. Anonymous says:

    moral of the story – “don’t buy a Honda”

    • Anon says:

      OR….

      Don’t cycle in Cayman; it’s too dangerous. If you value your life you will not ride around this island on a bicycle.

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