Tag: fatality
Pedestrian killed by suspected drunk driver
(CNS): A man died in East End yesterday evening after he was run over by a suspected drunk driver. Police said the person who was knocked down on Sea View Road by the driver of a Suzuki Swift just after 7:20pm on Friday died at the hospital on Saturday morning as a result of the […]
Police ID victim, call for witnesses in fatal stabbing
(CNS) Police are appealing for people who saw or have information about a murder that took place on Short Lane in Windsor Park, George Town, sometime on Sunday morning. Police were called to the scene at about 9:30am and found an unresponsive man with stab wounds to the abdomen. He has since been identified as […]
US fisherman dies after collapsing on boat in port
(CNS): An American citizen travelling from Panama through the Cayman Islands on a fishing boat died at the hospital in George Town on Tuesday night after he collapsed aboard the vessel when it was in port here. Gregg Sowder (64) was reportedly given first aid by a member of the Port Authority staff when the […]
NiCE worker dies at morning briefing
(CNS): An individual who was part of the latest group of government workers contracted to the temporary NiCE clean-up programme died at the morning briefing on Monday. The local man has not been identified as officials from the ministry responsible for public works said his family had yet to be notified. The man was said […]
Visitor dies after snorkelling in West Bay
(CNS): A 72-year-old man who was visiting the Cayman Islands from Illinois, USA, died on Wednesday morning following a snorkelling trip off Cemetery Beach, West Bay. The emergency services were called to the scene around 11.30am. When the police arrived, EMS and fire officers were administering CPR to the man, who was lying on the […]
Police name the second driver killed in 24 hours
(CNS) UPDATED: Police have now identified the driver killed in a Bodden Town single-vehicle collision on Thursday as Teron Anthony Johnson (22), a Jamaican national residing in Grand Cayman. This was the second fatality on Cayman’s roads this year and happened just 24 hours after the first fatal crash on Cayman Brac. The police said […]
Police name woman killed in Cayman Brac crash
(CNS) UPDATED FRIDAY: The RCIPS has confirmed the identity of the woman who died in the fatal collision on Cayman Brac on 20 March. Dulce Elizabeth Rodriguez Rojas (30), a Mexican national living on Cayman Brac, died after a single-vehicle collision on South Side Road, west of the Bluff Road and close to Beach Club, […]
Cruise visitor dies after difficulties while snorkelling
(CNS): A 72-year-old man from Illinois who was visiting Grand Cayman on a cruise ship died Tuesday after getting into difficulties snorkelling in the George Town Harbour. According to an RCIPS press release, police and emergency services were dispatched to the South Terminal in George Town around 11:00am. When they arrived, the police officers saw […]
Cruise worker found dead aboard ship in GT harbour
(CNS): The RCIPS is making inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 45-year-old cruise ship worker who was found unresponsive Friday morning while the ship was anchored off the George Town port. However, the police say they do not believe those circumstances are suspicious. Emergency services boarded the ship at around 8:30am on […]
West Bay man killed in early morning shooting
(CNS): Travis Alexander Ebanks (29) from West Bay was shot dead in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to the police, though they released very few details about the first murder of 2024. Around 4am yesterday, the RCIPS and other emergency services were called to King Road in West Bay after a report that […]
Elderly visitor dies snorkelling in North Sound
(CNS): A 71-year-old visitor to the Cayman Islands died on Friday afternoon while out snorkelling in the North Sound during a boat trip. The police said that at around 2:10pm they received a report that a man had died after experiencing difficulties in the sea. He was taken out of the water and into the […]
