Tag: incident in the sea
Boat runs aground on reef off Cayman Brac
(CNS): Police have said that no one was injured after a fishing boat ran aground in Cayman Brac on Monday (18 May), though it is not clear what damage has been done to the boat and the reef. The 55-foot vessel, which was carrying five people was registered in the British Virgin Islands, was grounded […]
Police appeal for eye-witnesses to Jet Ski crash
(CNS) Investigators from the Joint Marine Unit are appealing for witnesses to the collision of two Jet Skis off Seven Mile Beach near the Westin Resort & Spa on Wednesday afternoon. Robert Cole (31) who was visiting from the USA on a cruise ship was killed when the personal watercraft (PWC) he was riding collided with another […]
Cruise tourist killed in Jet Ski crash with teenage rider
(CNS): The 31-year-old American cruise ship passenger who died after two Jet Skis collided yesterday afternoon was Robert Cole of Virgilina, Virginia, police have confirmed. An RCIPS spokesperson said that Cole and his 37-year-old female passenger, named as Amy Comer by media in Virginia, who were both visiting Cayman on the Carnival Conquest were thrown into the water when the […]
Jet-skier killed off resort on 7MB
(CNS): A jet ski rider has been killed in a water-related accident off Seven Mile Beach, police have confirmed. An RCIPS spokesperson said emergency services were on the scene Wednesday afternoon in connection with the man’s death at around 1pm. It is not clear when or how the 30-year-old man was killed. But police said […]
Police refute claims of poor conduct after diver’s death
(CNS): The RCIPS has categorically denied that their officers abandoned the body of a 62-year-old diver from the US, who lost his life at sea earlier this week, and said that claims made by a commenter on the CNS report were inaccurate. The police have, however, said that there was some miscommunication as the diver was pronounced dead […]
Another visitor dies during East End dive
(CNS): A 62-year-old American visitor to the Cayman Islands has died during a dive trip off Lover’s Wall in East End, the eighth victim lost to the sea this year. The police said Tuesday that uniformed officers received a call about the missing diver at around noon. The man, who had arrived in Cayman on […]
Tourist dies after diving in West Bay
(CNS): A 70-year-old man who was visiting the Cayman Islands from the USA died Thursday following a dive trip off North West Point. Police said that at around 2:45pm today (19 March) emergency crews were notified that the diver was in need of medical attention. Stephen Edward Van Buren from Conroe, in Texas was diving in the […]
Snorkeller presumed lost at sea
(CNS): Norman Lee (47), a well known American comic book artist who went missing Thursday while snorkelling with his wife in East End, is presumed dead after police moved to a search and recovery operation on Friday evening. Police have confirmed that despite all of the available resources deployed by the RCIPS, who were assisted […]
George Town man critical following boat fire
(CNS): A 46-year-old man is being airlifted to the United States suffering from severe burns to his arms and legs following a flash fire on a boat Saturday. Police said that the George Town man was doing repair work on the 40-foot pontoon boat at the Reef Dock, North Church Street, yesterday morning at around […]
Tourist dies after dive on Little Cayman
(CNS) Updated: Police have now named the 60-year-old male visitor from the US who died on board a dive boat in Little Cayman on Sunday 22 February. He is Arthur Edward Grindle of Oakland, Florida. Grindle returned to his dive boat after completing two dives before experiencing difficulties and collapsed. He arrive in Little Cayman on […]
Visitor dies snorkelling in East End
(CNS): A 71-year-old male visitor to the Cayman Islands from Minnesota in the United States died on Monday afternoon following a snorkelling trip in East End. Police said uniformed officers in East End received a report of a snorkeller in distress off the coast of the Morritt’s Tortuga resort. The man was on an organised […]
