Two people were seriously injured in a single vehicle collision in the early hours of Saturday morning, the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service has confirmed.
As of 9am Saturday, a 27-year-old Bodden Town man was undergoing surgery, while a 19-year-old woman, also from Bodden Town, is in a stable condition, a police statement said.
The incident happened shortly after 1:15am on Shamrock Road, in the vicinity of Tuckerman Lane, Bodden Town.
Police and other emergency services were dispatched to the scene, along with Cayman Islands Fire Service personnel.
The two victims had to be freed from the damaged vehicle by firefighters.
They were transported to George Town Hospital by ambulance with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
Initial reports show that the vehicle was travelling eastbound along Shamrock Road from George Town direction towards Savannah, the statement said.
On reaching the vicinity of Tuckerman Lane, police said the driver appeared to have lost control of the vehicle, causing it to drift to the right side of the road.
The vehicle then collided into a retaining wall on the right side of the road and spun before coming to a stop.
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 947-2220.
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I truly wonder if there is any other country in the world that has as many accidents of this type per capita, as we do.