Police prison escort in road smash
RCIPS vehicle involved in a crash, 9 May 2019
(CNS): A police SUV that was part of a convoy escorting a prison van with one inmate was involved in a collision with a car Thursday morning on Shamrock Road near the junction of Northward Road in Bodden Town. According to a Royal Cayman Islands Police Service release, two police vehicles were assisting the prison service in taking an inmate back to the jail when the crash happened between the SUV and a car headed east with two adults and four children. The police SUV was at the back of the convoy and it is understood that no one was badly injured.
Emergency medical personnel, including a paediatrician, attended the scene and all eight people involved were taken to hospital. The inmate was returned to HMP Northward.
The collision happened around 9:30am, blocking the eastbound lane of Shamrock Road with traffic diverted onto Will T. Drive. Police said the road was expected to be cleared around noon.
Category: Local News
These damn expats. Us caymanians would never do this
Great job RCIPS, another vehicle bites the dust.
is a Caymanian or Jamaican. ?
Must have been a very high profile prisoner, hope government get damages and expenses out of it .
I hope that no one was seriously hurt in the accident .
Glad no one was seriously injured , what is it with all the accidents? Is the driving standards really that poor or just lack of attention if it’s the driving standards who ever gave these drivers a license should be charged
Seriously? A convoy? Who were they transporting? Hannibal Lecter?
Our recidivists have to get to court, and they can’t take the subway. Pity our cops can’t drive around without totaling vehicles and/or avoiding civilians.
Were they transporting “The most wanted” criminal since it required a convoy? What police protocol says about transporting one prisoner?
My ex-husband was a prisoners transportation coordinator for the state of XXX in the US (office job). Once in a while he had to participate in prisoners transportation himself. And we are talking about hundreds of miles here. They hardly ever had a convoy.
I bet he transported a lot of sickos, compares to nothing we have around here, the good ol u.s of a.
You need to read some old news. They were most likely transporting someone very notorious. Dont act like these guys dont make you look over your shoulder in your own back yard at night. Police have a little more intelligence than civilians, street-wise and book-wise.
I am glad no one was seriously injured; however, RCIPS personnel must continuously assess risk and safety to the public when on official duties, or responding to emergencies.
Those blue and whites lights and siren do not have magic powers to prevent accidents.
Yesterday I was at the Jacques Scott stop light heading south with all three lanes filled with traffic awaiting the red light to change. My vehicle was almost hit as a police car and police SUV came barreling down and decided to go between two lanes of the traffic and force everyone to tightly maneuver among each other to get out of the way.
We live on a small Island with very congested roads, care must be taken
Sorry to hear, but they should have had their sirens and lights on, just as they did a little later. I heard the accident. Police let off two hoots of his horn then bang. Glad to hear all OK and that CMR, as usual, is 97% inaccurate.
Why? was the prisoner having a heart attack?
Because if they are going to pull out in front of cars with right of way, they need sirens and lights so that other road users can be aware, so the drivers know to stop and give way to the convoy, and this accident might possibly have been avoided.
So there were 6 people in a car meant for 5. Does that mean at least one ticket was issued for not wearing a seat belt?
Why is the safety of children in moving vehicles completely disregarded here? I see children standing up and adults holding small children or babies in their laps in moving vehicles just about every day in my limited time on the road. In civilised places this is taken very seriously and not tolerated. There are serious fines and continued neglect would result in the children being taken away. Adults can decide if they want to wear seat belts but children are not capable of making that decision.
Came here to make this comment. Good to see someone else noticed it.
They’d rather arrest a drunk driver who, let’s be honest can’t hit anyone other than a fellow drunk at 3:45 am than arrest these idiots who can’t even buy a childs car seat; who’s more important. Set up road checks at 3:30 in the afternoon and lets make sure our children are ok, these drunks will take care of themselves!
Speaking of which, do our car-totaling cops ever get breathalyzed or drug tested?
Not in the Brac
You’re literally chancing death every time you get on the roads in cayman.
Im happy just to make it to work in one piece.