Topic: Fatal accident
Another pedestrian killed on West Bay Road
A man believed to be a visitor to the Cayman Islands has died after he was hit by a vehicle on West Bay Road.
Drink-drive limit change hasn’t reduced DUIs or crashes
The reduction of the blood-alcohol limit in Cayman has done little or nothing to reduce the number of DUIs or collisions, police have acknowledged.
Police record 550 traffic incidents in holiday road safety campaign
During the police's three-week Winter Guardian road safety campaign, officers dealt with more than 550 traffic-related incidents, including two fatal collisions, 85 speeding offences and 23 DUIs.
Heavy police presence following Boxing Day road deaths
A second motorist was killed on Cayman Islands' roads over the festive-period following a fatal crash on Esterley Tibbetts Highway on Boxing Day afternoon.
19-year-old killed in car crash in weekend’s second fatality
A 19-year-old driver from West Bay was killed in a car crash yesterday when his car overturned on the East-West Arterial road near Savannah.
Safety concerns heighten with more than 50,000 cars on roads
More than 50,000 vehicles are registered to travel on Cayman's roads, according to road-safety entities that were prompted to appeal for more responsible driving following two fatal crashes and another two collisions that snarled traffic for hours in the past two weeks.
Family of fatal crash victim sues driver and police
The mother of a man killed in a car crash three years ago is suing the driver of the vehicle and the commissioner of...
Driver in Bodden Town collision has died
Police have confirmed the driver in Saturday's collision on Bodden Town Road has died.
Petition calls for financial support for crash victims’ children
The family of a father killed when his motorbike was struck by a car has launched a petition calling for a new law requiring individuals convicted of causing the death of another in a vehicle collision to take on the financial responsibility of raising the victim's child.
Coroner’s court: Fatal accidents were the result of misadventure
The deaths of Trevin Sherwayne Garfield Roberts and Brandon Joseph Thompson, who were killed in separate single-vehicle collisions on the same road four months apart, have been ruled as misadventure by the coroner's court.
Man, 24, dies in Savannah car crash
A 24-year-old man was killed in a single vehicle crash on Shamrock Road in Savannah this morning, Saturday, 7 Oct.
Family of fatal accident victim calls for child-support law
It’s been two years and two months since Shemaiah Grant was killed in a collision a couple of miles away from his West Bay home, after being struck from his motorcycle by Jordan Telford who was texting and driving at the time.
Driver killed in early morning crash
One person was killed in a single vehicle collision on Shamrock Road in the early hours of Sunday morning, police have said.
Police arrest driver in fatal hit-and run collision of cyclist
Police have arrested the driver involved in Tuesday’s hit-and-run collision that claimed the life of one cyclist and left another with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Police name victim in hit-and-run collision
Police have named the victim of Wednesday morning's hit-and-run collision along West Bay Road as Abele Hiwet.
Cyclist killed in early morning hit-and-run collision
Police are investigating an early morning hit-and-run collision that claimed the life of a cyclist along West Bay Road.
Man denies fatal-accident charges
Kelsey Arnold Martinez-Ebanks has entered not guilty pleas in relation to an accident that claimed the life of one woman and injured four others in May 2021.
253 collisions during police road-safety campaign
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service says there were 253 traffic collisions - more than seven a day - during its month-long Winter Guardian road-safety campaign, which ended last week.
Motorcyclist died ‘test riding’ dirt bike, inquest hears
A motorcyclist died after riding an off-road dirt bike without working lights or brakes on a public road, an inquest heard this week.
Police investigate fatal crash in East End
Police are on the scene of a fatal single-vehicle crash in East End and are diverting traffic in the vicinity of the accident.
Traffic fatalities ruled misadventure
The coroner's court has ruled that the deaths of two persons involved in a car accident three years ago were the result of misadventure.
Inquest: Driver in 2016 fatal accident hit concrete pole at 97mph
The death of Chris Ollen McLaughlin, who crashed his car into a concrete utility pole at 97 miles per hour while more than twice over the drink-drive alcohol limit, was a result of misadventure, a Coroners Court jury has ruled.
Father and infant daughter die in crash
A father and his infant daughter died Sunday following a single-vehicle accident along West Church Street in West Bay.
Lack of legal aid funding holds up fatal accident case
An ongoing legal aid dispute has prevented Terry Hodgson from entering any pleas in relation to a fatal accident that claimed the life of Paul Andrew Wright nearly 16 months ago.
Coroner’s court rules cyclist’s ‘horrible and tragic’ death misadventure
The coroner’s court has ruled that the 2016 death of cyclist Anthony Moore was the result of misadventure.
Police investigate stabbing reports prior to fatal accident
Police say they are investigating reports that the person involved in Saturday's fatal car crash might have been the victim of a stabbing minutes before his vehicle hit a wall.
Football clubs pay tribute to player killed in accident
The Cayman Islands football community continued to grieve Monday following the news that former national player Jessus Burowise Ebanks was killed in a fatal collision on Friday, 24 Sept.
Driver charged in West Bay fatal crash case
A 27-year-old man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving and inflicting grievous bodily harm, in relation to a fatal collision in which a vehicle crashed into a house in West Bay in January.
One killed in Brac crash
A 36-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle collision on Cayman Brac last evening, police have confirmed.
Man arrested for allegedly causing death by careless driving
A West Bay man, 38, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and driving whilst impaired in connection with a fatal accident on Sunday that claimed the life of a 31-year-old motorcyclist, also of West Bay.
West Bay man arrested following fatal crash
Police have arrested a West Bay man in connection with the 16 Jan. crash that claimed the life of 24-year-old Shayne Anthony Ewart.
Shayne Ewart named as victim of fatal crash
Police have named Shayne Anthony Ewart as the person who died in Saturday's early morning crash. It was the first fatal accident of 2021.
One dead after car crashes into house in West Bay
One person died and two others were injured after a car crashed into a West Bay home in the early morning hours of Saturday morning.
Police name pedestrian in fatal accident
Police have confirmed that Jamaican national Paul Andrew Wright was the pedestrian who died from injuries sustained when he was hit by a car last week.
Driver arrested after fatal accident in West Bay
A 31-year-old woman has been killed after being hit by a car at a West Bay condo carpark, police said on Sunday evening.
East End man dies in early morning accident
An early morning crash claimed the life of a 39-year-old North Side nan Saturday.
Man dies in road accident
A man was killed Friday after the SUV he was traveling in flipped over.
Motorcyclist killed in crash
A motorcyclist was killed Saturday morning in a collision in George Town.
Young father killed in early morning car crash
A young father was killed in the early hours of Monday morning after his car collided with a utility pole in Bodden Town.
The victim...
Update: 2 confirmed dead in East End crash
A section of Seaview Road remains closed by police Saturday morning following an early-morning crash that killed two people and appears to have involved a Department of Environmental Health truck.
UPDATED: Man arrested for fatal hit-and-run
A male cyclist was struck by a vehicle and killed on North Church Street early Monday morning.
NEW: Fatal car accident in North Side
One person died and two people were hospitalized following a single-car accident in North Side just before 8 p.m. Sunday.
NEW: Taxi driver charged in fatal airport wreck
An elderly taxi driver was charged Friday in connection with a deadly crash at Owen Roberts International Airport that occurred in July.
NEW: East End road reopened following fatal crash
A motorcycle rider died Sunday morning after his vehicle and a truck collided in East End.
New sign warns to ‘watch for motorcycles’ at site of fatal accident
A National Roads Authority crew installed a new sign on South Church Street Tuesday warning drivers to “watch for motorcycles.” The sign went up in almost the exact spot where last month Randy Johnson, 62, was hit by an SUV and killed while he was riding his motorcycle.
Man killed by truck in his front yard
Bodden Town man Louis Rhoden, 70, died Monday evening after being pinned between his truck and a palm tree in his yard.
UPDATED: One killed in Bodden Town accident
A single-car accident in Bodden Town killed one person Monday evening.
16 months for Brac road death
Jefferson Jeupe Laureano was sentenced to 16 months in prison Wednesday for causing death by careless driving on Cayman Brac last year.
‘Freak accident’ kills East End woman
A long-time resident of Grand Cayman’s East End district died Tuesday afternoon in what family members described as a “freak accident” in the driveway of her property.
Inquest begins into 2014 death of motorcyclist
An inquest into the death of Daniel Mitchell Grant, 21, revealed that he was traveling over 88 mph in a 25 mph zone on West Bay Road on the evening of July 29, 2014, when his motorcycle was struck by a Honda CR-V.
UPDATE: Man dies after car strikes CUC pole in East End
A 30-year-old East End man died after the car he was driving struck a CUC pole near East End Blow Holes late Friday night.
Clarendon ‘in mourning’ over NRA worker’s death
Family members in Cayman and Jamaica are grieving the passing of Denvil Mitchell in a late Sunday motorcycle-SUV crash on Grand Cayman.
