Police seek witnesses to latest deadly crash
(CNS): Police investigating the cause of the collision that resulted in the death of two people on Shamrock Road around 2:15am on Monday are appealing for witnesses. The police said that initial findings indicate the crash happened after a silver BMW travelling west on Shamrock Road veered into the opposite eastbound lane, then collided with a utility pole and a concrete wall before coming to a stop.
The Cayman Islands Fire Service extricated a man and a woman from the vehicle, who were treated at the scene by paramedics but were pronounced dead at the hospital. They have not yet been identified but are understood to be Nicaraguan natives who were residing here.
These latest deaths bring the total number of road fatalities so far this year to seven in four crashes, one of which happened just yards away from this Monday’s fatal collision. There have been a number of road fatalities on this notorious stretch of Shamrock Road in recent years. The latest was just over one month ago, when three people were killed in a fiery crash.
Anyone who may have witnessed this incident or has information is asked to call the RCIPS on 649-6254. Anonymous tips can be provided to the RCIPS Confidential Tip Line at 949-7777 or the website. Tips can also be submitted anonymously to Crimestoppers.com or by downloading the app.
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At 2:15am I’m fast asleep rolling over in my bed. Nothing good happens on the road at that hour & I pay too much in rent. I’m getting my moneys worth & staying my behind home.
Defensive driving is the only type of driving you can do it Cayman. if you treat every driver you see as regards you’re much less likely to get in a accident.
I reported a speeding BMW driver along Shamrock Rd (going up and down, probably 80 mph) to the police three weeks ago. Within 5 minutes the police had two cars circulating on the roads, ie the police do take this seriously and react. (FYI a silver BMW not a white BMW.)
Ultimately, driving test standards need to be tougher, we need a CCTV / camera system, we need zero tolerance on licensing / insurance offences and a points system for speeding.
I’ll take “Things That Never Happened” for $500, Alex.
Witnesses for what purpose? You going to arrest the dead driver? I hope the public doesn’t waste their time on this. If the cops were on the roads actually doing their jobs full-time instead of one weekend every quarter, there would be far fewer of these accidents.
Maybe to establish whether there was another vehicle involved? Y’know – routine police work stuff
You watch too much TV.
If only we had a Police force that regularly worked late at night, weekends, and Holidays. They are ways boasting about intelligence based drug busts. How about some intelligence based policing?
Maniacs on our roads endanger other law abiding drivers and pedestrians on a daily basis.
I have also had totally clueless tourists in rental sedans and vans blast through roundabouts right in front of me ,with no idea they should look right and have a need to yield.
Keep an eye on them for your own safety .
Speed + or – impairment after midnight + wall.