Hair stylist Samantha Brown is feeling thankful after she escaped injury Monday when a hit-and-run driver crashed into the building where she worked on Shedden Road.
“I was scared… I was very, very lucky and I have to give thanks for that,” Brown told the Cayman Compass on Tuesday.
Brown had just entered her workplace and sat down when a silver SUV crashed into the Dress 4 Less clothing store located in the same building as Studio 2000 where she works.
Brown, recalling the crash, which is currently under police investigation, said everything happened quickly.
“I was sat in here and I hear the brakes… and I knew it was a vehicle coming and then I hear a loud bang and I ran outside,” she said.
Brown, who asked not to photographed, said she was taken aback by the scene when she ran out the building.
“It was devastating… pretty devastating. I was inside and the vehicle could have hit this side of the building instead of there. So of course I was scared,” she said.
The collision happened just before 3pm Monday along Shedden Road, George Town.
According to police, a silver SUV hit the wall of the Dress 4 Less store after crashing into two other vehicles.
The driver fled the scene.
Police said they believe the driver was injured during the collision based on the damage to the vehicle.
The silver SUV, police said, was travelling westbound on Shedden Road, when it collided with a vehicle in the vicinity of Mary Street.
The SUV then continued westbound and left the roadway, hitting the wall of a store west of Shedden Road, and then colliding with another silver SUV that was travelling east.
The driver, police said, ran off in the direction of Dr. Roy’s Drive.
Brown said she did not see the driver; however, she said there was a lot of commotion in the aftermath of the crash.
“Other people were running towards the crash and screaming,” she said, adding that she instantly worried for the owners of the store as she knew them well.
She said she called the owners to check on them.
Police said no other injuries have so far been reported as a result of the incident.
The Compass reached out to one of the store owners Tuesday, but she did not respond to queries.
The damaged store front was covered with plywood and some of the remnants of the SUV and the broken metal door were piled on the side of the store.
Brown said while she and her neighbouring workers were lucky to be unhurt as it could have been much worse.
She said Cayman drivers need to be more responsible on the roads and slow down.
“Cayman is not the place for speeding. If you could just drive within the correct speed limit less accidents would occur. Everyone who was here is lucky to be alive, especially me,” she added.
Brown said it was also a blessing that there was little traffic on the road at the time of the crash.
Police are appealing for any witnesses to the collision, or who may have seen the driver of the vehicle, to contact 949-4222.
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