Tag: road accident
Pedestrian knocked down on Cayman Brac
(CNS): A woman has sustained life threatening injuries after she was knocked down by an SUV on Cayman Brac at around 8:15 this morning in the area of Cemetery Road and West End Road. The victim, who was on foot at the time she was struck by a blue Toyota Fortuna, has been airlifted to […]
Off-duty cop collides with motorbike
(CNS): An off-duty-police officer involved in a crash with a motorcycle on Shamrock Road on Saturday evening was negative for alcohol when given a roadside test at the scene of the smash, police have said. The motorcyclist sustained a very serious but not life-threatening injury to his leg and was taken to hospital in a […]
Pedestrian killed in car park collision
(CNS): A 31-year-old woman died after she was run down in the condominium car park where she lived in West Bay on Sunday evening, 4 October. A 48-year-old woman driving the blue Honda Fit that hit the pedestrian has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving. The incident happened at a condo […]
Crashes return as traffic increases
(CNS): Road collisions in Cayman were back to pre-COVID levels this past week, the RCIPS has said. Between 20 and 27 September officers responded to over 50 reports of crashes, more than ten of them involving injuries. The traffic unit said the majority of these crashes were due to speeding and people driving under the […]
Cement mixer crushes car in collision
(CNS): Two people had to be cut free from a silver Honda Accord on Monday at around 9:30 after the car was hit by a cement mixer truck and crushed. One of the two occupants was taken to hospital once she was freed by the Cayman Islands Fire Service and is now being treated in […]
Cop SUV and landscape van collide
(CNS): One of the RCIPS SUV’s from the Firearm Response Unit was involved in a collision with a landscaper’s van at around 11:15am Monday. The police vehicle had been travelling along West bay Road in the vicinity of Marsh Road when they received an emergency call about an incident at Governor’s Square. But as they […]
Three-vehicle smash lands four in hospital
(CNS): Several people escaped serious injuries early Saturday morning in a crash involving a scooter and two cars. Police said that the crash happened on Crewe Road near the junction of Larkspur Way at around 5:45am, when a silver Honda Accord heading towards Bodden Town drifted into the wrong side of the road and smashed […]
BMW hits light pole in single car smash
(CNS): A BMW travelling westbound on Sea View Road in the High Rock area of East End crashed into a light pole lunchtime today (Thursday) causing minor injuries to the driver and two passengers. Shortly after 1:00pm the police were called to the scene of the smash, where the car had left the road, hit […]
Three injured in Crewe Road crash
(CNS): A two-vehicle crash on Crewe Road around midday today (Saturday) left three people injured, one of them seriously. Police said that the collision, which happened just after noon in the vicinity of Canal Lane, involved a green Toyota Passo and a grey Kia Rio. The driver of the Toyota, who was alone in the […]
Driver trapped in serious smash survives
(CNS): The driver of a white Toyota Corolla who was freed from a George Town crash on Saturday evening is in hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. He was cut from the car by the fire service following a collision with a blue Volkswagen Jetta on Walkers Road near Academy Way at around 9pm. The […]
Police name victim killed in BT smash
(CNS) UPDATED: The RCIPS has now named the man who died in a crash in Bodden Town Saturday morning. He was Gonzalo McLaughlin (39) of East End, Grand Cayman. The single-vehicle crash happened around 4:30am on 8 August on the Bodden Town Road near to Long Fellow Circle. McLaughlin, who was driving a white Subaru […]
