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Fatal accident near East End blow holes

March 12, 2016

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A 30-year-old man from East End has died after his Toyota left the road and struck a CUC pole near the blow holes along Sea View Road in East End Friday (11 March) around 11:30 p.m.

When emergency services attended the scene, he was unresponsive and had to be removed by Fire Services. He was taken to the Cayman Islands Hospital but had succumbed to his injuries.

Police have cordoned off the road while they investigate. — Police cordoned off a section of Sea View Road while they investigate.

Police closed a portion of Sea View Road while they investigated, diverting traffic through Farm Road and the Queens Highway. At minutes to 10 a.m., the road re-opened.

This is the third fatal accident so far this year. 40-year-old Denvil Mitchell died after a crash on Shamrock Road in Savannah 21 February. His motorbike was hit by a car near to Countryside Shopping Plaza. In Cayman Brac, 86-year-old Ethel Venola Ebanks passed away 28 January on Stake Bay Road after her car crashed into a light pole. She was leaving a supermarket car park when she lost control of the vehicle.

We will keep you posted as more details become available on this latest accident.

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Tammi Sulliman is a Caribbean journalist with more than 15 years in the industry. Her roots steeped in print journalism, she made the transition to television in 2007. A reporter and talk show host in the Cayman Islands, she has focused on political and social issues affecting the community. She took the helm of the news product at Hurley's Media Ltd. as News Director in November, 2015. Ms Sulliman was raised in Trinidad & Tobago and graduated with honours in French Linguistics and Professional Writing from the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. She is a proud mother and privileged to call the Cayman Islands home.