Driver critical following light-pole smash
(CNS): A woman is in hospital in critical condition after she was extracted from a red Honda Integra by the Cayman Islands Fire Service early Tuesday morning, 4 October. The woman, who was alone in the car, crashed into a utility pole on Shamrock Road near Impulse Close and Northward Road at around 2:00am.
Police said the Honda was travelling westbound when it left the roadway and hit the CUC pole. No other vehicle was involved.
The road was partially closed for a period of time this morning but has since been fully re-opened. The crash is currently under investigation by the Traffic and Roads Policing Unit.
Anyone who may have witnessed the collision is asked to contact the unit at 649-6254 or the George Town Police Station at 949-4222.
Anonymous tips can be provided directly to the RCIPS via the Confidential Tip Line at 949-7777
or via the RCIPS website.
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Can you imagine taking this long in a country where cities have hundreds of thousands of vehicles on highways. Surely police who do this work need more training to speed traffic accident details. Especially people needing to get to work or students to school. How about short hand? I really need someone to explain how long it takes: for measurements from the centre of the road to the back of the car and then from the centre of the road to the front of the car. Then look for skid marks. Then anything else the road is really not needed. The road accident would need need more measurements if there was victims in the vehicles in the middle of the road and photographs. https://youtu.be/3WKlBv7qVS4
Not sure if it would’ve helped in this instance but I have seen in the UK when they have an accident like this that might take some time to process, they put up a temporary barricade that blocks the view of the vehicle from the sight of other drivers to try to keep traffic moving as there is nothing to see.
ok… and?
Fact is if we import 3rd World standards then we’ll get it on the roads and in our way of life. Simply put if you come to Cayman from Jamaica,Cuba, DR,Phillipines,India,,Honduras and in general 3rd world countries then you won’t get a driver’s license unless you pass a UK approved driving/written exams. We’re losing too many lives due to negligence, irresponsible drivers,and plain stupidity.
The Cayman license is no better. It’s a complete joke. UK/EU licences are far harder to get and require a basic level of competence. Poor drivers will need extra training and to take the test multiple times to pass. As you would expect. North American licences are pretty basic but still far better than here. I’d give a license to NA/UK/EU holders and make everyone else take a Cayman test to a UK standard. If we don’t change the licencing, nothing will ever change on the roads.
From the photo, it appears she was looking for parking…..
On the serious side, some of the worst driving is witnessed here in Cayman. A few weeks ago I was overtaken in a Fosters parking lot, drivers have zero patience!!!!
i suggest you watch some of those idiots in car compilation on youtube for some perspective.
A Honda huh? Imagine that.
Thank god people can rely on street furniture to stop their cars for them.
God only knows what would happen if Cayman actually had appropriate driving standards, driver training and enforcement.
Do these drivers have insurance that pays for the cost of putting in a new pole? Or else we all end up paying for it thru our CUC bills?
We all pay for it either through CUC or insurance premia.
I’m going out on a limb here but I bet at least two or three of these are true.
1. Unroadworthy vehicle
2. Driver not licensed appropriately
3. Uninsured vehicle
4. Speeding
5. Intoxicated
Single vehicle crashes at 2am, into inanimate object, it’s so on-brand for Cayman.
No need to stretch that far, you’re correct on all counts.
Or fell asleep at the wheel. It was 2am. Imagine coming back from a long shift of hard work. On a 40mph road it doesn’t take many split seconds of drowsiness to have an accident.
So where are the rumble strips @NRA?
You’re joking right? I worked day and night shifts of 12 hours. I never fell asleep at the wheel, and that goes for many colleagues too. Stop making excuses.
I bet less than 3% of accidents are due to sleeping, or a medical issue.
If we don’t do something about the bad driving it’s simply going to get worse and worse! I witness craziness daily, we have become so lawless and disrespectful to others it’s amazing we haven’t had more fatalities. Not saying she was drivings crazy but generally we have a set of young Caymanians who believe they are invincible and I will say it and get cussed but certain Jamaicans drive like they never went to school! No damn sense. Cuss me if you want but it’s facts. The worst drivers in Cayman are Jamaican! Prove me wrong
100% correct. Jamaicans are the worse drivers in Cayman. No 2 ways about it. They drive here like they drive in Jamaica and cause the majority of accidents! FACTS PEOPLE!
They should all be made to take a UK standard driving test, given we follow the UK Highway Code in Cayman
put the majority of any nationality on a road and they would be the worst driver. the comment section of CNS is becoming as brain dead as CMR.
also Philippines people….
At least they are polite when they crash into you. Not like our Jamrock bredren.
wreck on my street lasted from 2-at least 5. no fatalities, just stupidity. why does it take so long to clear a wreck here?
crimes were committed so the police work through to get all of the evidence documented for potential prosecution. it simply just takes police a lot of time.
Why does it take police a lot of time?
They need an expert to determine if the car was speeding, they need to take pictures for evidence (setting up the numbered yellow placards), Assess damages and who or what was at fault, causation of the accident, written incident / police reports of the first responding officers and other small things that add up when it comes to time. Sometimes people actually die at these accident sites so its important that the police take their time and go through the scene as there is no way to go back later if something was forgotten.
You’ll just have to have patience as our court system makes it difficult to convict if there is insufficient evidence or procedures aren’t followed at the scene of the crime.
well it sure shouldn’t.
Cayman needs to source new utility poles. The ones they have keep moving in front of vehicles especially late at night.
The accident happened before 2:00 a.m. and people who left the Eastern District before 6:00 a.m. was stucked in traffic for hours – some almost 3 hours! This is horrible!
It seems like a long time to process a scene for a 1 car accident. If we guess that maximum it took a total of 1 hour for them to respond, remove her and get her on her way to hospital. I would think the road would be open latest 5am.
Probably waited for day shift to come on to do the scene processing.
Correct.
The CSI Dept. literally work 9-5.
Once I had my house burgled and the finger print person didn’t come in till the next day by which tie of course it had rained so all the potential DNA was gone….Never got the police report either to claim insurance on the broken window.
Did you complete the application form for the police report with Criminal Records and pay the mandatory fee? Police officers do not issue police reports, only Criminal Records.
So tragic and completely avoidable. It behooves me to say that Government should implement mandatory use of helmets while driving. The African American Digest research found that drivers are more safe while wearing football or hockey helmets when a crash occurs. Safety should be the utmost priority in the community. Perhaps after legislating the Police can do routine checks on the road and KFC drive thru s to ensure everyone has their safety helmets on.
always a Honda driving like a maniac. no cops pulling anyone over. great place.