Tag: water fatality
Cruise visitor dies after difficulties while snorkelling
(CNS): A 72-year-old man from Illinois who was visiting Grand Cayman on a cruise ship died Tuesday after getting into difficulties snorkelling in the George Town Harbour. According to an RCIPS press release, police and emergency services were dispatched to the South Terminal in George Town around 11:00am. When they arrived, the police officers saw […]
Resident dies during trip to Stingray City
(CNS): A 51-year-old resident was pronounced dead on Sunday evening after he was pulled from the water at the Stingray City Sandbar and taken to shore by the coastguard and transported to the George Town Hospital. According to a press release, Cayman Islands Coast Guard officers responded to the report of a man in distress […]
Visiting diver dies during trip off South Sound coast
(CNS): Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man last Thursday morning following a dive trip off the coast of South Sound. According to the RCIPS, the man, who was from the US state of Iowa, was just 37 years old. He was taken back to the Red Bay Dock on South […]
Elderly visitor dies snorkelling in North Sound
(CNS): A 71-year-old visitor to the Cayman Islands died on Friday afternoon while out snorkelling in the North Sound during a boat trip. The police said that at around 2:10pm they received a report that a man had died after experiencing difficulties in the sea. He was taken out of the water and into the […]
