Van driver killed after crashing into pole
(CNS): The driver of an Island Supply van died Saturday afternoon after he crashed into a concrete CUC pole on Bodden Town Road between Bronte Way and Longfellow Circle in Midland Acres. The man was taken to hospital following the single-vehicle crash and was pronounced dead later in the evening.
The CUC pole was destroyed and Bodden Town Road was blocked for several hours, leading to significant traffic congestion that prevented the CUC truck sent to deal with the broken pole from getting to the scene to begin the work. Police warned of the extended delays due to the traffic problems as they said there was no way to divert traffic at the scene of the collision.
Many homes were also without power for several hours.
The driver is the ninth person to lose his life this year on local roads. It is also the second major crash of the weekend. The driver of a Honda Fit remains in the critical care unit after colliding with a truck at the Grand Harbour Roundabout on Saturday morning.
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I have posted repeatedly: If the police set up a speed trap in Bodden Town on the main road…a proper hidden one not one where they can be seen by everyone…they would find that nearly every truck delivering marl/fill passing through (and there are plenty every day) is speeding dangerously. How the Solomon house by Mostyn’s hasn’t been hit at high speed by now is a miracle…..though the small house opposite has been.
I can’t comment on this, but the lack of professionalism from ‘professional drivers’ here is terrible. I’m talking taxi drivers, bus drivers, dump truck drivers, and police drivers. They’re all terrible.
when “the lack of professionalism” is wide spread this is an indication of the total failure of DoT in performing its functions.
While it will not be able to address the deplorable driving habits of far too many drivers on Cayman’s roadways, this incident is just another example of the dire need for the bypass to be implemented fortwith.
Those who blithely stand in the way of what is a very necessary alternative route to and from the Eastern districts are quite simply asinine hypocrites. The inability for even emergency vehicles to practically and efficiently get from point A to point B and back again during incidents such as this, because of the lack of this now vitally necessary roadway infrastructure, elucidates the need beyond a shadow of doubt.
All it takes is one all too common such incident and everything and everyone comes to a grinding halt for hours on end.
Yes, it needs to be done in such a way as to mitigate environmental impacts and/or any other negative consequences such as the exacerbation of flooding issues etc but the alternative route which the bypass will provide is necessary and has been for far too long now. One does not need to have one iota of real estate or any other type of financial self interests to identify the burgeoning reality and the dire necessity.
Get it done.
Bad, careless drivers are bad, careless drivers! May he rest in peace.
texing,reading your phone, being on calls while driving is evivalent to being drunk and driving…drivers need to use airphones and/ or put the speaker on on the phone if it rings, or PULL OVER!
Those damn poles keep jumping in the way 🙁
Sadly, more of these single vehicle accidents resulting in road fatalities will continue to happen and be reported by the media. This is not the first and will surely not be the last.
Lots of people jumping to conclusions here. A man has lost his life, please think how his relatives might feel after making these comments. May he rest in peace.
No need to jump to conclusions when you know exactly what’s going on! PS. The smart ones didn’t drink the khul-ayd!
No one should be crashing into poles on straight roads unless a medical emergency or vehicle failure. Too many deaths on straight roads says it all.
I run and the amount of people on phones. Eating good even from a foam plate yep foam plate on their lap. I jump into bushes more times than enough. Absolute.y crazy
The RCIPS is the very worse at traffic, regardless of the issue, once they arrive at the scene, traffic will be delayed for hours. It is a clear sign of incompetence.
Yes and no. A fatality calls for a total closure so that markings, measurements and photos can be taken. That’s policy. A qualified person needs to be there to do that.
It’s not the fault of RCIPS that there’s no other routes to take.
slow down people! y’all drive like wannabe F1 racers with zero skills. And where are all the f****** cops on our roads? they’re never out there catching speeders they just don’t care do they?
Because wild driving is the norm in Jamaica and where do almost all the police in Cayman come from? Just saying that it certainly seems we want to import the Jamaican culture lock stock and barrel.
just saying, was driving into Crystal Harbor and the amount of speeders on that crappy road was 90% of the Range Rovers and Beemers driving, so NOT Jamaicans
Depends. If they’re over 10 years old, smoking, and/or knackered suspension, it’ll be a Jamaican driving a money pit.
Very sorry about the driver loosing his life but some of these drivers are always just driving like wild people. No regard for the speed limit or the road code. Of course our police are too busy catching criminals to worry about traffic offenses.
Virtually every traffic accident in Cayman is the result of crazy driving. Mad Max driving culture gone wild. RCIPS has completely lost control of its core functions.
Those guys drive like idiots. They are always crossing over double solid lines and passing. Hire someone with a brain. Yes, that means you will have to pay a living wage.
Hopefully Jacques Scott and Island Supply sit down with their managers and do something about the appalling driving of their delivery staff. Yes, you know who they are.
No one knows why this crash happened. It could have been someone coming the other way who drove this guy off the road; he could have fainted; something could have gone wrong with the vehicle … there is no evidence indicating why he ended up hitting a pole. Don’t jump to the conclusion it was poor driving on his part.That is not fair.
Have called them about the wild drivers but someone seems more concerned with profits than proper management/leadership.
Looking at his phone. I see it all the time with the van drivers of various companies.