Tag: road accident
Kids offered counselling after school bus crash
(CNS): Six John Gray High School (JGHS) students on a school bus, the driver and the bus warden sustained minor injuries on Friday afternoon when the bus was involved in an accident near the Red Bay Primary School. No details about the collision were released, but the Department of Education Services (DES) said that parents […]
Fatal crash suspect fails in bid to leave Cayman
(CNS): A Canadian national and resident of the Cayman Islands who was arrested in March on suspicion of causing the death of Abele Hiwet (38) on the West Bay Road in a hit-and-run has failed in a legal bid to leave the country. The 36- year-old man who is on police bail, sought a judicial […]
Police investigate roundabout hit-and-run
(CNS): The RCIPS has now confirmed that it is investigating an incident that happened on 18 May involving a cruise ship visitor, who was hit by a car on the Butterfield roundabout in George Town earlier as she tried to cross the road. Police said they had tracked down the vehicle, which left the scene […]
Police ask for speed cameras to tackle crashes
(CNS): The worsening road safety situation has led to a call from the police for the installation of speed cameras, according to a summary of the latest National Security Council meeting. While Cayman already has a wide network of CCTVs on the roads and an electronic registration plate system, this technology is not yet used […]
Badly injured passenger sues cops over fatal crash
(CNS): Paris Gabriella Ebanks (26), a passenger in the back of a car involved in a deadly crash during a police chase in January 2021, is suing the RCIPS over the life-threatening injuries and pain she has suffered. Ebanks claims that the high-speed, early morning chase in West Bay caused the crash in which Shayne […]
Cyclist seriously injured in roundabout collision
(CNS): A cyclist involved in a collision at a mini-roundabout in George Town Sunday night was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Police said the collision took place on the roundabout at the junction of Elgin Ave and Hospital Road between a vehicle travelling west on Elgin Avenue and the bicycle, which was […]
Traffic police seek witnesses to fatal weekend crash
(CNS): Officers from the RCIPS Traffic and Roads Policing Unit are asking for witnesses to the fatal collision on Shamrock Road during the early hours of Sunday morning. Channah Connor (22), the niece of Deputy Premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly, was alone in the car when she was killed in the single-vehicle crash. Police believe she lost […]
Woman killed after car hits a wall in Spotts
(CNS): A driver was killed in an early morning single-vehicle crash on Shamrock Road in Spotts early Sunday morning. Police said the collision happened around 1:30am near Coral Bay Village. The car was believed to be travelling in the westbound lane when the driver, a 22-year-old female, lost control and left the road before crashing […]
Motorbike rider killed in Walkers Rd crash
(CNS) UPDATED: Police have now confirmed that a 28-year-old man from George Town was killed in the crash this morning on Walkers Road. The RCIPS has now said that the man was riding a motorbike, having said he was a cyclist in the first report about the collision. A 53-year-old George Town man has been […]
Pedestrian was hit by two vehicles in fatal collision
(CNS): Henry Schucair Robinson (61), from Bodden Town, was killed around 7pm on 24 November 2019 after he was hit by two vehicles on Anton Bodden Drive. One of the drivers left the scene before police officers took his details and was never tracked down. Following an inquest into the tragic collision, the case was […]
2022 terrible year for fatal road crashes
(CNS): With fifteen lives lost on the roads last year, 2022 was the worst year for fatalities since police began publicising officials statics on traffic collisions. Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Police Commissioner Derek Byrne described the tragic loss of life as a “red flag for all of us”, both police and drivers, […]
