MP not breathalyzed after crashing into pole
(CNS): Parliamentary Secretary Dwayne Seymour MP (BTE) was not breathalyzed last Friday night after he crashed into a CUC light pole on Shamrock Road in Prospect because the police officers who were sent to the scene did not suspect he had been drinking, the RCIPS has confirmed. Seymour was heading east when he collided with the utility pole at around 11pm. He was unhurt though his vehicle and the pole were damaged. No other cars were involved.
An RCIPS spokesperson said that the “collision involved material damages only with no injuries. There was no suspicion that the driver of the vehicle was intoxicated, therefore no arrests were made.”
Speaking to Cayman Marl Road over the weekend, Seymour said that he had come from his office and was tired.
Seymour, the health minister in the previous PPM-led administration, was in opposition until November last year when he crossed the floor to join the PACT Government. He was appointed as parliamentary secretary on 1 December, supporting the ministries of housing, labour and transport.
In parliament earlier this month, Seymour led a confidence motion in the government in response to the PPM’s no-confidence motion. But he was called out by former premier Sir Alden McLaughlin (RED) as the person who had been leading the charge to bring the PACT Government down. “I had multiple conversations with Dwayne Seymour,” McLaughlin said recently as the opposition pointed to disloyalty in the PACT ranks.
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Everyone laughing at John John – and he is a clown, but this is serious. It’s a blatant display that MOs are above the law. If the trainergate incident wasn’t enough. If the police don’t even breathalyze him, if the Premier attends the scene but has no public comment, what are we to think but that basic law and order is subject to political direction. Governor – policing is meant to be under your hand to demonstrate policing is independent. What do you have to say? What can you say to show that the was either reasonable in the circumstances or is being at least investigated ( although we all know how that goes).
You got to be kidding me.
Plenty of people here can drive at night tired without crashing into a stationary pole.
One thing if it’s a moving car, but it’s a pole….
Who crashes into nonmoving objects sober?
Is that the test now to using the breathalyser ‘suspicion of drinking’. In the UK if you’re in an accident, every driver involved is subject to the breathalyser.
A car doesn’t hit a pole without either speed or alcohol being involved.
Disgraceful.
Clearly the light Pole was at fault. I would say 10 years should see it straight and it would be out in 3 weeks. Justice is served!!!
Nope. Sorry, but it wasn’t the pole’s fault or Dwayne’s. It was the car’s fault. IT drove into the pole. So the Compass says! 🙂
Well, all we need to know is, was his vessel empty?
Reeks of corruption. The worst part is they don’t give AF. They simply do not care how bad it looks because NOTHING will happen. Not a damn thing.
So the member for Bodden Town was in the Prospect area and heading East, towards his constituency, yet was coming from his office? Do tell us where his office is I beg you.
The Office is a bar on shedden Road.lol
I was wondering the same thing. Isn’t he BTE constituency office in Gun Square, Bodden Town?
Coming from “The Office” probably
Another prime example of why the public has little trust in politicians or the Police.
Catron believes him.
Gun Square, Bodden Town believes him.
Patron?
COP Byrne needs to be sent back to Ireland.
I think the COP needs to speak out on this- he should at least suspend these two officers.
corruption, corruption and more corrpution.
Truly a Banana Republic – if they didn’t think he was intoxicated what do they believe caused him to crash. Maybe they thought it was the light poles fault for moving without using its indicators so perhaps CUC should be charged………
He probably skidded to avoid the donkey
He should’ve ridden the donkey home. Problem solved.
Wheelin, skiddin, spinning up in de back.
Perhaps the donkey was driving! They have been known to do strange things especially during a full moon.
Is this the reason why the Premier was called out? If so, isn’t this a breach of MP’s code of conduct?
No, different thing, this is ‘the MP’s Code’
Secret handshake
Intimidating the police officers into not testing him
The light pole has several previous convictions for the same thing.
Officer, I felt a warm stirring in my loins, and when I looked up to see if it was a full moon, that’s when the CUC pole stepped out in front of me.
Heeeehaw
Was it the CUC pole?
Does this mean that Jon Jon cannot be trusted with operating a vehicle?
He certainly can’t be trusted with the Ministry of Health.
He can’t be trusted to tie his own shoelaces
Must have been his sacred vessel he was driving.
hahahahaha
And there we have it folks.
His wife breaches covid regulations, she is not prosecuted. He is alleged not to have been paying pension contributions for his company, no problem. He crashes his motor on a regular day, there is no suspicion. After all, it is usual for an experienced driver to just lose control of the vehicle. THE CRASH IS CAUSE FOR SUSPICION! TRANSPARENCY!
Laws mean nothing in Cayman if you are connected.
All elected officials and high ranking government officials are exempt from any police investigation.
#worldclass. Largely imported but #worldclass all the same. We are so lucky to have such an efficient and effective civil service. Thank you Governor and DG. Where would we be without you?
Officer, yah nah see nuttin’
They get promotions and a Christmas bonus.
Tired? “tired and emotional “ more like.
coming from his office at 11pm, or The Office? Last MP I remember crashing his car because he was tired after a late night at the office was Rolston.
And Tom Jefferson years before that
Ok so if he wasn’t drunk and he fell asleep it’s dangerous driving and he should be prosecuted for that instead?
I’m sorry but he needs to be arrested, interviewed under caution and consideration needs to be given to charging him for dangerous driving and at very least careless driving.
What they hell was Wayne thinking… attending the scene… even if it completely innocent it looks awful… when an MP did this recently in the UK at least they arrested him and prosecuted him … but no.. here he gets a pat on the backside and told to go home… after the fiasco involving his wife during covid this looks awful…
Roulston crashed into roundabouts three times, literally!
Twice while driving “a professional friend” from overseas…
What type of professional?
Now in the UK the police breathalyze any driver involved in an accident irrespective of what time of day it was or whether there were no injuries (or if the driver is an MP). Its not exactly a terrible hardship on the driver to be asked t blow into a bag for a few seconds now, is it. And what makes me think that’s the SOP here, but the attending officers decided that they didn’t want to know the answer?
Like Seymour, they’re Jamaican. Oh wait, he’s Caymanian but just likes that godawful loud pulsing guttural Jamaican music.
He is the representative for Little Kingston.
not every unit has a breathalyzer. If the officers thought he wasn’t intoxicated, he probably wasn’t. The smell, speech, and general demeanor of somebody makes it easy to spot. I’m no fan of MPs, and have no affiliation, but maybe, just maybe, he’s a terrible driver like about 80% of road users.
At 0.07, many people can “pass” observed characteristics – that doesn’t mean they weren’t impaired while driving. If I were in John John’s shoes (and assuming I was confidently sober), I would have insisted on a breathalyser test to avoid this exact fallout.
Driving impaired is an offense in its own right.
Exactly right. The premier should have insisted on it as well.
Did Wayne bring his #heissupported sign?
#seymourissupported
Wayne will do anything to keep the PACK together. I guess we are lucky he didn’t say he was driving, don’t forget they have the Premmy over the barrel.
Will the police share stats on how many single car accidents happen after 9pm and what % of those drivers (who are note sent to hospital and do not flee the scene) they breathalyze? I’m going to guess it’s 99%.
It was 100% until Friday gone.
So, I imagine there are CCTV, electronic fobs, and other mechanisms for confirming the time Ministers leave their offices. Right?
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The Police cant be trusted, this is blatant and likely against rheir own policy.
RCIP leadership is still playing both sides in politics so they are safe.
Move on from this dangerous crash with lots of Damage, nothing to see here!
the police officers who were sent to the scene did not suspect he had been drinking
Why would they, incoherent speech is the way he sounds all the time. Maybe they need a different set of procedures to follow, like how to tell if a politician is lying? Hint: his lips are moving.
How do we report any suspicions we have to the ACC? Or is it safe to assume they can read and think?
Come from his office? 🤣🤣🤣
Where is his office? Thought it would be in Gun Square, Bodden Town.
But Jon Jon could not be coming from Gun Square, Bodden Town, if he crashed in George Town, while heading Eastward, unless he has an office at Gov. Admin. Building.
So, would either Jon Jon or Wayne, please, provide some clarification here? This is not difficult to do.
You not see nuttin!
Breathalyzer should be mandatory after any accident.
Let alone a single car leaving the road, at 11:00 pm, on a Friday….
Who is going to step and claim he was seen in a bar.
Pretty sure CUC light poles are not drilled into the Shamrock road surface. More like well off the roadway, across the shoulder, beyond the mowed grass, past the jerk fire pit, and through a hedge. Those questionable 3-8 seconds of reaction impairment should have constitutued probable cause to breathalyse at 11pm on a Friday. Would CoP Byrne like to comment on testing policy on DUIs now that we have set to 0.07% BAC?
Not offering any defence but you are not describing the state or narrowness of the road and utility poles in ‘downtown’ Bodden Town by any stretch od the imagination.
He crashed in George Town.
A person doesn’t need to be “intoxicated” to hit the new 0.07 limit, only one or two drinks can do…
Look at the size of that “honorable”, how much would you think it requires to have him shown signs of intoxication, meanwhile the regular Joe is randomly punished, even persons being unable to work and provide for their families for just having a couple of drinks, no accidents or any damages involved,
even businesses are seeing their sales drop because of the new law, people afraid of having the last round, they say…
New law, more punishment, without education, expect poor results,
it is time for a more effective approach, suspend people from driving during night hours but not during business hours, it only hurts the economy and families, while the real menaces are out and about
One stiff mixed drink or two beers and you are over the “limit” now. Probably not impaired if you are a habitual drinker but breaking the law as now written
I thought it was routine to breathelise all persons involved in road traffic accidents .
Now the legal limit has been reduced how the hell can a Police Officer determine if a driver is over the limit without breathalising them ? Things will never change for the better when there is such subjective Policing.
Only if you are a regular civilian, not if you are a politician or a connected person.
Breathalyzing should be automatic. I bet if it was a regular person on the street they would have done so.
Yes when we start breathalyzing those Knights coming from certain bars in Breakers and Crewe Road who like whiskeY and Senoritas then we can call out Jon Jon for licking down light poles?
Nothing wrong with a little whiskey.
And definitely nothing wrong with Latinas.😂
“ya don’t see nuttin hear”
Neither did Jon Jon.
So what was Dwayne Seymour doing at ‘his office’ until let’s say 10:30. ? Banging the cow cod about the place, a little bit of a work out with the physical trainer, checking donkey stuff on the World Wide Web, because I’m going to say Dwayne Seymour probably wasn’t working 🤷🏻♀️🚓🚨
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Dwayne “The 🧠” Seymour
Perhaps he was trying to memorize his ABCs or studying for his foreign language test.!
So he calls a tow truck and the premier before calling the police!!! Suspicious no? Surely standard practice for anyone involved in that type of accident should be breathalised? Once again govt proving that they are above the law!!
Maybe he thought he saw a full moon?
Dwayne should have demanded to be breathalyzed.
Does this set any kind of legal precedent? Can we dispute if the cops breathalyze us after an accident on the ground that they did not have a reasonable suspicion?
Apparently a car accident late on a Friday night is not suspicious enough?
Commissioner? You there?
I think the full moon made him full of love, and then Mary crossed the road on her donkey and he had to swerve to avoid her.
should have rode a donkeh!
“There was no suspicion that the driver of the vehicle was intoxicated”
Other than the fact that he crashed into a light pole at 11pm on a Friday night.
Keystone cops.
Right? I will have to remember that defense if I ever crash my car; “Honest, officer, I am not intoxicated, I was just very tired.”
Henceforth known as the Seymour Gambit.
You can bet your soggy bottom that there would be no question about a road sobriety test if it were any one of us. What would be the harm in a wee test?
I got most of that Beau but are you also suggesting a roadside urine sample 😳 ?
Good God, no, not that!!!!
No, just the standard breathalyzer we’d all have to submit to if it were us in the same situation.
If only it were incompetence.
What a horrible decision. With the police being under the public’s scrutiny all the time you’d think they would do the right thing and breathalize him anyway. They just blew their own and his credibility by failing to so so. Imagine the public respect they would have garnered if they had tested him even though they did not suspect him to be under the influence. I hope the wider public can expect the same treatment if they are in the same situation. There will forever be a question hanging over them. Now they should be suspended dereliction of duty.
Perhaps. Just perhaps, #Leggewasright?
Even to Alden know that.
Legge said we were so immersed in corruption in our everyday life’s that we didn’t even see it anymore. This is different – XXXXXX but nothing gets done and the ordinary person has no choice but to accept it.
He was right. Seen and unseen, it is pervasive. Everywhere.
To remove any intoxication suspicion any officer with half a brain would administer a breath test not just assume that the person had not consumed alcohol because they couldn’t smell it, especially given the strange circumstances…the result of that test would be definitive either way and remove any special treatment rumours etc.
I think John John should stick to riding donkeys from now on.
Would they breathalyze you or I ?
Yes
Suspect? Maybe they should have done that regardless? Only in Cayman
Yes, in any case where you crash, especially alone, you must be breathalyzed.
If it was one of us I bet they would have thrown the book at us!
He had to swerve to avoid a donkey in the road
Was it a full moon last night? Or does that only affect women in his understanding of health and the human body?
Donkeys know there are too many light poles moving around on the road.
maybe he was trying to swerve into a personal trainer providing some late night roadside one on one sessions.
shame on this PACT Government, shame indeed.
No. Shame on the Governor and the Commissioner. Will we be reading of investigations into the conduct of the officers?
(Of course, while suspended on full pay and benefits, for years).
You too bad!