(CMR) Gregg Sowder (64), an American citizen traveling from Panama through the Cayman Islands on a sailboat, died after collapsing aboard the vessel on Tuesday, 23 April.
According to the RCIPS, just after 5 p.m., the 9-1-1 Communications Centre dispatched police and other emergency services to a report of a medical emergency at the Royal Watler Terminal in George Town.
It was reported that the vessel made a stop in George Town at the terminal, at which time one of the men on board the vessel began experiencing difficulties and collapsed. He was seen by a member of the Port Authority Staff who assisted with first aid until the arrival of the ambulance, who took charge of the man and transported him to the hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased by the attending doctor.
The police are investigating the circumstances of his passing; however, no suspicious circumstances are suspected at this time. The RCIPS expresses condolences to his family.
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