North Side man dies after falling from pick-up
(CNS) UPDATED: Police have now confirmed that the 65-year-old man who was pronounced dead Tuesday, having succumbed to the serious injuries he sustained early Sunday morning when he fell off the back of a pick-up truck was George Leo Kelly. Around 11am on 2 June police and emergency services were called to a home in North Side, where it was reported that Kelly had fallen from the back of the truck some nine hours earlier. It is not clear however what had happened or how he had fallen from the truck.
But Kelly was taken to hospital, where it was determined that he had sustained life-threatening injuries and was in critical condition.
The matter is currently under police investigation and officers are appealing for witnesses. The man’s death comes just three weeks after the police issued a warning to drivers about not carrying passengers on pick-up truck beds and securing loads.
Anyone who may have seen the incident or the victim prior to the incident is encouraged to call the George Town Police Station at 949-4222. Anonymous tips can be provided directly to the RCIPS Confidential Tip Line at 949-7777, or via the website. Tips can also be submitted anonymously via the Miami-based call centre of Crime Stoppers at 800-8477(TIPS), or online.
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There was a certain traffic cop who used to prosecute motorists for those offences and taking off those workers off the back of the pickup trucks. They got rid of him, see what’s happening now? Hope RCIPS with their bunch of pull string clowns can clear up what’s going on. There are too many fatal accidents on that little island.
@ 10:42am you said you often send dash cam video to Companies about their bad employees driving Company vehicles , but don’t get a response back from the Company . That is wrong for them to do and they are probably not talking to the employee . I would notify those Companies in another video that if this is not corrected , and the next time I will show it publicly .
I am really worried about what’s happening in our private sector
Geez! Why did they wait 9 hours!?! Poor man.
I Heard he was looking crabs , he didn’t work lately so it wasn’t on a job ,,,,alcohol and truck backs don’t work well ,my condolences to his family .
Pretty sure that’s what CINICO is for.
It would be very helpful if Police would give good details of the vehicle they are asking people to help with . There’s many pick up trucks on the that could have been on the road at that hour .
Not only does the story not give details of the vehicle type etc, it also does not say where the vehicle was when this man fell off … I agree that the public cannot help the police unless the police give us better information. Come on police – you can do better than this, surely.
Tragic.
Can the police confirm how many people have been arrested/ticketed in relation to the carrying of passengers in the back of a pickup truck each day since their warning was announced. I imagine quite a few.
Tragically avoidable.
The real targets should be employers who don’t give employees the means to be transported safely around the Islands.
You would think given how easily detectable and prevalent the issue is, and the fact it kills people! So, have they actually been enforcing the law or not?
This is very sad but preventable. This morning around 10.15 on the ETH I was overtaken by a pick-up truck with four (count them, FOUR) men riding on the bed of the truck. As I said, preventable, also illegal. Is anybody listening?
They will not listen but they will watch. Get a dash camera. A picture tells a thousand words but a video tells a million! I never drive without my cam and I post violations and stupidly online. Even tried to start a dash cam club. People generally don’t care but some may wise up.
CNS: You can send the videos to us. It may have an effect if we keep up with it. See the ‘Dash cam evidence’ series on Local Life.
I often send dash cam videos to employers when I see their company vehicles being driven badly. So far about half of the employers write back. And half don’t…
The other half were probably company owner driven vehicles
I once called a “How was my driving?” number in Govt to report a driver who had been swerving in and out of traffic at speed to come alongside and shout at a young woman who was driving an open-top car.
Turned out the man who answered the call was the driver himself! We both gave each other an earful…
The Cayman Islands law enforcement authorities do not actually enforce the law. They might only if a politician tells them to. It is that stark. Get used to it.
Their function seems to be mostly janitorial, by reluctant appointment, dispatching to file unsolved reports 20 mins or more after something bad has happened (if at all). There is no tactical representation in the field to pursue, intercept or make timely arrests and/or collect witness statements. Lone vehicle chases over 20 miles long only happen because every other car is parked at HQ, or officers not on shift. The KYD$2.8mln CCTV, circa 2011, doesn’t even work in full daylight, and no effort to remediate, even with the annual “defense” budget equivalent to a mid-sized NATO-member. KYD$6mln in new old stock Motorola walkie-talkies hasn’t changed anything, everything is still paper and case officer-driven, and disappointingly analog.