A “very lovely” 30-year-old chef from Mexico died in a car crash on Cayman Brac in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Dulce Rodriguez finished work at Le Soleil d’Or at around 9:30pm and went out for dinner, according to colleagues.
Police believe her fatal collision with a telegraph pole, on South Side Road West near Beach Club, happened between 2am and 3am. No other vehicles are believed to have been involved.
Amar Thottathil, manager of the resort, said, “It’s a small team and everyone is close. It’s a great loss for us.”
His colleagues told the Compass that Rodriquez was “very lovely”, well-liked and respected, with great professional curiosity and a particular fondness for Italian dishes and making pasta from scratch.
She had been working as a demi chef de partie at the resort since November, following four months back in her native Mexico, before which she had worked at the restaurant for one and a half years. She lived on the premises.
In a statement, RCIPS said emergency services were called to the scene of the crash at around 7.15am and that initial investigations indicated the driver died in a single-vehicle collision in the early hours of the morning.
She was pronounced dead at the scene. Later, police confirmed Rodriguez’s next of kin in Mexico had been informed of her death and that police are providing assistance to them.
A section of the road was closed while police completed analysis of the scene. It was later cleared with the assistance of the Cayman Islands Fire Service and re-opened to the public.
The Cayman Brac Power and Light company put out a statement advising customers there would be a power outage in the area later in the day, while a telegraph pole was replaced.
Police expressed condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
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