Tag: road fatality
Drunks and speeders causing most of serious crash toll
(CNS): Even though drinking and driving is one of the main causes of accidents on local roads, overnight on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, police arrested only four people for DUI and just 23 in total during the holiday safety campaign Operation Winter Guardian. Reflecting on the road safety element of the holiday […]
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 […]
Driver dies in hospital 17 days after crash
(CNS): Police have confirmed that the man involved in a serious two-vehicle collision at the junction of Goring Avenue and Walkers Road in George Town on 24 November died in hospital yesterday, 11 December, over two weeks after the crash took place. The victim was Caymanian Harry Swaby (47), who was admitted to the George […]
Two more killed on roads in two different crashes
(CNS) UPDATED: The death toll on Cayman’s roads increased again Saturday when a cyclist and a teenage driver were killed in two separate collisions in two different parts of Grand Cayman, despite government’s continued awareness campaigns about safe driving. Police have confirmed that just after midnight on Saturday morning, a 22-year-old Nepalese man who resides […]
Road changes may not be enough to make Spotts safe
(CNS): One of Grand Cayman’s most notoriously dangerous stretches of road is finally receiving some attention from the government, which has said it plans to make Spotts Straight safer. Since January, there have been six fatalities on this 1.5-mile stretch of road, illustrating the urgent need for proactive and sustainable safety measures.
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 […]
Honda Fit driver killed in Bodden Town crash
(CNS): A 60-year-old man from East End was killed in another early morning road collision in Bodden Town, police have confirmed. Just after 2:30am on Saturday, the police and emergency services responded to a report of a two-vehicle crash on Shamrock Road in the vicinity of Pasture Drive, in the Northward area of Bodden Town. […]
Police seek witnesses to latest deadly crash
(CNS): Police investigating the cause of the collision that resulted in the death of two people on Shamrock Road around 2:15am on Monday are appealing for witnesses. The police said that initial findings indicate the crash happened after a silver BMW travelling west on Shamrock Road veered into the opposite eastbound lane, then collided with a […]
Two killed in early morning crash in Spotts
(CNS): Police have confirmed that two people were killed in yet another horrific crash on Shamrock Road in the Spotts-Newlands area. The single-vehicle collision happened at around 2:15am Monday when a white BMW crashed into a wall on the westbound lane. The man and woman in the car were extricated from the vehicle by fire […]
Three killed in fiery 5-car pile-up on Shamrock Road
(CNS): Three people have been killed following a major collision involving five vehicles on Shamrock Road, close to Coral Bay Village, at around 12:15am on Monday. In a press release, the RCIPS said a black Honda Accord, a white Toyota Tundra and a black Honda Fit were some of the cars involved. The Toyota Tundra […]
