Tag: road accident
Two injured, one arrested for DUI after crash on ETH
(CNS): Two men who were standing by the roadside on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway on Thursday night were injured when a Honda Civic crashed into two parked cars. The police said that the two injured men were transported to the Cayman Islands Hospital for treatment, where one of them remains in critical condition with what […]
‘Horrific’ driving causing collision chaos, says CoP
(CNS): The RCIPS is finding the traffic issues on local roads extremely challenging, given the number of collisions every day due to “horrible” driving and a complete disregard by many drivers for the rules of the road. This is having a serious impact not just on road users killed or maimed in the crashes, but […]
Cyclist and walker hit by cars over holiday weekend
(CNS): Another cyclist was taken to hospital on Saturday morning after he was knocked off his bike at the Yacht Club roundabout in West Bay by a Honda Fit. The cyclist received minor injuries and has since been discharged. Early Monday morning, a woman who was out exercising on Shamrock Road was struck down by […]
Cyclist critical, driver arrested after another hit-and-run
(CNS): A 20-year-old woman from West Bay was arrested on Saturday evening in relation to a serious collision on Friday night in which a cyclist riding along South Church Street was struck by a vehicle that left the scene. The police said the cyclist was struck by a car at around 8:40pm near to Smith […]
Drunk drivers arrested as crashes reach another peak
(CNS) UPDATED WITH RCIPS CORRECTION: A 21-year-old man was arrested for DUI after a single-vehicle collision on the West Bay Road close to Snooze Lane just before 2:00am this morning. When the police arrived at the scene of the crash, they found a man lying in the road with head injuries who police have now […]
Boys charged with moving digger hit by Seymour
(CNS): Three boys have been charged with a reckless and negligent act, damage to property and criminal trespass in connection with a digger that was moved and abandoned on the roadside of Anton Bodden Drive on 8 August last year. The excavator was left with its crane sticking out into the road, which Labour Minister […]
Cop crashes patrol car into a wall while answering call
(CNS): The RCIPS Traffic and Roads Policing Unit is investigating one of its own after an officer driving a marked police service vehicle crashed into a wall on Bodden Road at around 1:15pm on Sunday. Police did not give an exact location of the single-vehicle collision, but social media footage indicates that it happened near […]
Drunk driver hits pedestrian after crash on Hirst Road
(CNS): A 41-year-old man from George Town was arrested on suspicion of DUI on Wednesday evening after he knocked down a pedestrian following a crash with another vehicle on Hirst Road in Newlands near the intersection of Rex Crighton Boulevard. The other driver, who fled the scene, was later located and arrested.
Second life lost on roads in less than 24 hours
(CNS): Police said that they are diverting even more resources on to the roads after the second deadly smash on local roads in twenty-four hours. As fatal and serious crashes reach unprecedent levels the police once again urged drivers to continue to slow down pay attention and not to get behind the wheel after drinking […]
One man killed in early morning single vehicle smash
(CNS): The driver of a Subaru sedan was killed early on Boxing day morning following a crash on Shamrock Road near to the junction of Midway Close in the Lower Valley area of Bodden Town. The collision happened around 2:20 this morning on 26 December when police and other emergency services responded to the report […]
Police attend 61 crashes in first days of safety campaign
(CNS): During the first five days of Operation Winter Guardian, which began Monday, the police attended 61 crashes and arrested nine drunk drivers. The annual holiday safety campaign has got off to a worrying start as the increasingly poor standard of driving across Cayman appears to get worse by the month. Drivers continue drinking before […]
