Tag: incident in the sea
Visitor dies after medical emergency while snorkelling
(CNS): A 68-year-old woman visiting Cayman from North Carolina in the USA died at the weekend after suffering an undisclosed medical emergency while snorkelling around Cayman Kai in North Side. Police said the emergency services were called to the area just after 11:05 on Saturday morning and provided urgent first-aid. The woman was taken to […]
US visitor dies after diving on Cayman Brac
(CNS): A 75-year-old man who was visiting the Cayman Islands from the United States died Tuesday morning following a dive off Cayman Brac. Police and emergency services were called to Channel Road around 9:30 that morning, where the man had been brought to shore after getting into difficulties during a dive in the area. Cayman […]
US visitor dies after swimming off Eden Rock
(CNS): A man who was visiting the Cayman Islands from the United States died yesterday after he was pulled from the water and rushed to hospital. According to a police press release, just after 11:30am Wednesday, the emergency services were called to the George Town waterfront by Don Fosters Dive Shop where the man was […]
US visitor dies following dive off West Bay beach
(CNS): Police have now named the 70-year-old woman, visiting the Cayman Islands from the United States who died Friday morning as Pamela Bartlett Wilson. The woman died following a dive off the shore of West Bay Public Beach at around 9:50am. The emergency services and the police were called to the dock in the area, […]
Jet skier injured in smash as water speeders keep CICG busy
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Coast Guard dealt with a total of seven incidents last Sunday, 28 August, which was described as a busier than normal Sunday by the CICG. One person was injured and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after two personal watercraft (PWC) collided in one incident.
GC police sent to Brac to investigate child’s death
(CNS): Five police investigators, supported by forensic specialists and a pathologist, have been sent to Cayman Brac to support local officers investigating the tragic death of a two-year-old girl on the island on Monday. The RCIPS team from Grand Cayman was sent on Wednesday and police said they are now carrying out a full investigation […]
Police open inquiry after toddler drowns on Brac
(CNS): The RCIPS is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a two-year-old child, whose body was found along the shoreline by the Cayman Brac Fire Service (CIFS) this morning (Tuesday 26 July). Police said the child was last seen at around 4.30am. She was discovered missing at about 5:10am and the police were notified […]
US visitor dies after swimming off 7MB
(CNS): A 50-year-old visitor from the United States was pulled out of the sea off Seven Mile Beach west of Marsh Road on Tuesday evening after he lost consciousness. Police said that at around 5:30pm people nearby saw that he was in distress and pulled him out of the water. They conducted CPR until emergency […]
Missing US visitor’s body found in East End
(CNS) UPDATED: The body of a 54-year-old man who was reported missing about 4pm Monday and found Tuesday morning on the shore off the Queen’s Highway in East End has been identified as Jason Douglas Brant. The man, who was visiting Cayman, from Colorado in the United States had gone out snorkelling on Monday afternoon […]
US visitor dies after snorkelling at Kittiwake
(CNS): A 55-year-old man who was visiting the Cayman Islands from the United States has become the third person to die in the sea this year. Police said that shortly after 3:15pm Wednesday, 15 June, officers responded to a report of a person in distress at sea. The man, who had been snorkelling near the […]
Local man dies after Smith Cove swim
(CNS) UPDATED: Police have now confirmed that the 75-year-old Caymanian man who died on Saturday afternoon at Smith Cove after he got into difficulties during a swim in the sea was Eldon Leroy Nixon, from George Town. Other people at the popular beach had noticed that he was in distress and brought him back to […]
