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Pedestrian killed, another hospitalised after being hit by vehicle

A pedestrian was killed and another seriously injured late Friday night following a collision on West Bay Road.
Keen cyclist Per Undheim was killed in an early morning hit-and-run in Bodden Town on Easter Monday. - Photo: Taneos Ramsay

Tributes paid to loving father killed in Easter Monday hit-and-run

Grieving friends and colleagues have been paying tribute to Per Undheim, the cyclist killed in an early morning hit-and-run in Bodden Town on Easter Monday.

Cyclist killed in hit-and-run collision on Easter Monday

A cyclist was killed in an apparent hit-and-run incident in Bodden Town in the early hours of Easter Monday. 

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.
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Man killed and three hospitalised in Boxing Day collision

One man has been killed and three others hospitalised with serious injuries following a "fatal single-vehicle collision" on Boxing Day.
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Cyclist killed in early morning collision on Saturday

A cyclist was killed and a motorist arrested following a fatal collision in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The number of car crashes in the Cayman Islands is increasing. - Photo: File

Car crashes reach an all-time high, police say

Over the past two weeks, an average of 13 road collisions a day were reported to police, an increase of more than 40% over previous weeks this year.

Police seek information on Shamrock Road fatal crash

Police are seeking the public's help while investigating a fatal crash that took place early Monday morning on Shamrock Road.

Two dead in overnight crash

Two people died after a white BMW crashed into a wall on Shamrock Road in the early hours of Monday.

Murder suspect says he struck victim with car in self-defence

A man accused of driving over and killing his former client during a violent confrontation has told a Grand Court jury that he was in fear for his life, and was trying to escape his aggressor at the time of the collision.

Police name three killed in car crash

Police have named the three people killed in a car crash that occurred on Shamrock Road early Monday morning.

Defendant’s mental ability questioned again in fatal crash cases

The office of the Director of Public Prosecution has changed its stance in the case of Tarrick Kevin Crawford who is accused of killing two persons in separate collisions.

Three people killed in early morning collision

Police confirmed that three people died after a serious collision that occurred on Shamrock Road early Monday morning, and they are working to identify the victims.
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Man killed in early morning collision in Bodden Town

One man has been killed in a single-vehicle collision in Bodden Town in the early hours of Thursday morning, police have confirmed.
Police said the crash happened South Side Road, near Beach Club - Credit: Google Earth

Woman dies in Cayman Brac car crash

A 30-year old Mexican woman died in a car crash on Cayman Brac early on Wednesday morning.

Man jailed for fatal collision

Kesley Martinez Ebanks has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison by the Grand Court for a head-on collision that claimed the life of a woman and injured three other people.

Judge: Delays in road-fatality cases ‘deeply regrettable’

A request by the prosecution for an additional adjournment for a man accused of killing two people in separate road collisions, has been called “deeply regrettable” by a Grand Court judge.

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.

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.

‘Unbelievable loss’ for family of Jamaican dad killed in crash

When Errol Simpson left his homeland Jamaica last week for Cayman he had hopes of building a better life for his children, but a tragic twist of fate brought the expectant father's dreams to a sudden end.

Man changes plea to guilty in fatal-collision case

The Grand Court trial of a man who killed an American nurse has been called off, after he changed his plea to guilty months ahead of the trial.

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.

Marlon Findley victim in fatal road crash

Police have confirmed the identity of the man who died in a single-car crash in Cayman Brac as 23-year-old Marlon Everton Findley.

Man dead, another arrested after apparent road rage incident

Police are investigating an intense bout of road rage that left one man dead and another in custody.

No justice for most hit-and-run victims

Last month, when Magistrate Angelyn Hernandez signed off on a Coroner’s Court ruling into the 2019 death of Henry Robinson, she told the jury the reason his file came before them was that the driver in the hit-and-run collision was never found.

Outstanding mental health report delays fatal-collision cases

A man accused of killing two people in two separate collisions is still unable to enter pleas in either case, more than two years after the incidents, due to an outstanding mental health report.

22-year-old Bodden Town woman identified as crash victim

Channah Connor, the 22-year-old niece of Deputy Premier Juliana O'Connor-Connolly, has been named as the victim in the fatal single-vehicle collision on Shamrock Road in the early hours of Sunday morning.

‘All we have left are memories’ mourns family of motorcyclist killed in collision

The family of Kieron Watler, who was killed on 25 April, shared memories of the 28-year-old motorcyclist with the Compass, as they grieved his loss.

Family of young dad killed in hit-and-run ‘heartbroken’

The family of Daniel McFarlane, a 23-year-old cyclist who was killed in a hit-and-run collision on 29 March, say they are devastated by his death.

Driver killed and off-duty officer injured in Brac collision

A collision involving two vehicles in Cayman Brac has left one driver dead and the other, an off-duty police officer, in hospital. 

Tragic loss as ‘inspiring’ young Caymanian doctor killed in crash

Family and friends of Amber Bianca Martinez are still reeling from the shocking and tragic loss of the young Caymanian doctor who was killed in Friday's fatal collision in East End.

Family mourns loss of ‘energetic and happy’ 20-year-old killed in crash

Aleiny Revé Villegas came to Grand Cayman at age 15, with dreams of working and saving money to rebuild her grandmother's home in Cuba. But in the early hours of 8 Aug., that hope was shattered.

No charges filed 19 months after fatal collision

Police say no charges have been filed in relation to a motorcycle accident that claimed the life of Chuck Elvis Ebanks, nearly two years ago.

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