Police hunt smash and run driver
(CNS): Officers investigating a crash on Hirst Road at the junction of Moonbeam Drive earlier this year are asking for help in tracking down the driver of a black pickup truck who fled the scene. At around 6:20pm on Wednesday, 15 April, during the middle of the COVID-19 lockdown, police responded to the serious crash. A purple Honda Fit was travelling along Hirst Road towards North Sound Estates when the truck pulled out onto the road causing the Honda to swerve to avoid crashing into it.
That car then collided with a wall, causing extensive damage to the vehicle and serious injury to the occupants. But the driver of the black pickup truck failed to stop following the collision and made off before the police arrived.
The matter has been under investigation since then but the police have been unable to locate the vehicle or identify the driver who caused the collision.
Investigators are now appealing to anyone with information that can assist in locating the pickup truck and identifying the driver to come forward by calling the Traffic and Roads Policing Unit at 649-6254.
If the victims had been “someone important”, this incident would have been solved weeks ago. In any event, the DVDL will have information on make and model, and colour, even if the licence plate is uncertain, so it just needs a bit of police/detective work to narrow down the total to a small number of likely candidates. Too many police riding ineffective office jobs, so policing is poor. Just get a move on.
May I suggest that the RCIP contact the various insurance companies on the island. There cannot be too many. They can do a search on their systems.
Repatriations flights allowed the driver to get away.
So now his “police buddies” can release the footage.
Still waiting to hear about my home being broken in to. I’ve moved 4 times since then.
Wait 5 months to put out an APB? Really effective!!
This would have been solved in 5 minutes in the U.S. or other countries , where an active license plate reader network is utilized by the police.
Slack investigation. Exactly how many black first generation (1995-2004) toyota tacomas are there on this island? They really cant get info from DVDL? They cant be serious…
Not really. There’s nothing that really distinguishes it from any other Tacoma.
To rule out vehicles would take forever. To identify a driver, even longer.
It would also require DVDL records to be correct and up to date.
It’s not like the vehicle has any damage to it to arouse suspicion either.
Except the licence plate is visible in that photo.
And it’s a long bed, extended cab. Fairly unusual. Not the typical short bed, crew cab. Not too many in this configuration. And most of the old Tacomas on island are silver. Very few in black. But, you know, RCIPS.
Did it take 4 months to find and analyse the video footage? Really?
It appears that the black truck has the new tracker license plate so it should have been easy to find.
In addition, you could pretty easily review the CCTV for this vehicle to see where it went to on the day in question.
Now practically all phones have been updated with new software that is tracker software. I don’t know if this technology was included in automatic required updates to droid and apple phones back in April but if it was, you can then place the driver with the truck.
Come on police, do your job, arrest the driver and bring them to trial.
Looks like one of the new plates. DMV should know who the owner is!
How many black Toyota Tacomas are in Cayman? My guess would be 2 or 3 max. Search DVLA database and go to addresses. This should take a couple of hours for anybody with any common sense whatsoever.
There is something seriously missing when you can’t find a vehicle when you have a good picture of it including the license plate. The driver of this truck should have been found quickly. How many trucks like this are there on Grand?
Since April? This is why civil servants need to return to work. My god.
An appeal for an accident in April? Seriously!
Which year?
Perhaps the Governor can explain. This is not an example of good governance. This is an example of “it all going to shit.”