A 43-year-old man sustained a serious head wound and burns to his face and body, after a single-vehicle crash Wednesday evening in Bodden Town.
As of 6:45am today, the man was undergoing surgery.
Shortly before midnight on Wednesday, police and other emergency services were dispatched by 911 to a report of a collision on Shamrock Road in the vicinity of Valley Drive, Bodden Town, according to a press release issued Thursday by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service.
The Cayman Islands Fire Service extricated the man, who was trapped in the vehicle.
On arriving at the Cayman Islands Hospital, he was assessed to be in critical condition due to the serious head wound and burns.
According to police, initial reports indicate that the vehicle was travelling east along Shamrock Road, towards Bodden Town, when it veered to the other side of the road and overturned, coming to a stop in bushes.
The matter is being investigated by the police, and anyone with information is encouraged to call the Traffic and Roads Policing Unit at 649-6254 or the Bodden Town Police Station at 947-2220.
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