US visitor dies snorkelling in East End

A USA male (71) visitor died whilst on an organised snorkelling tour at East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands  on Monday (26) off the coast of the Morritt’s Tortuga resort.

The man was reported as encountering breathing difficulties.

As the man was taken back to shore, members of the snorkel party assisted with CPR before he was taken to the ER at George Town hospital by ambulance, where he was pronounced dead by a doctor. Police said the man was visiting Grand Cayman with his wife.

Car runs over two pedestrians along West Bay Road

A woman and her husband were walking on the sidewalk along the West Bay Road by Villas of the Galleon on Sunday (25) when an out of control red Ford Shelby car ran them over. Both pedestrians received serious injuries with the man having to be air lifted to a hospital in the USA with facial injuries. They were walking in the opposite direction to the car.

The driver (39) was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and leaving the scene of an accident.

SOURCE: CNS