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Two Bicyclists Killed by Impaired Driver in Los Santos; Driver Charged with Manslaughter


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Two training  cyclists killed in Las Tablas

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Posted 20/09/2020

Authorities are investigating whether the driver of a sedan who hit and killed two cyclists at noon on Sunday, September 20, on the highway via Tonosí, in  El Carate de Las Tablas was intoxicated.

The driver of the vehicle that was escorting the competition cyclists reported that whoever was driving the sedan lost control and hit three cyclists. Two of them were pinned between the car and a fence and died on the spot. and the other was able to avoid the sedan and was unhurt, reported Valentín Pérez, regional chief of operations for the Los Santos Fire Department.

The victims were competitive cyclists  Juan Carlos Heilbron and Javier Espinosa.

The latest tragedy occurred on the fifth anniversary of the death of the Panamanian cyclist and triathlete Mónica Isabel Licona de Zepeda, who died in 2015 after being hit by a car on the Balboa Avenue where  a memorial sculpture stands in front of the Hotel Miramar.

Meanwhile,  two occupants of the Hyundai brand vehicle involved in this incident were taken to the hospital by a Sume 911 ambulance.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/two-training-cyclists-killed-in-las-tablas

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Mueren dos ciclistas en accidente en Las Tablas

Vielka Corro Ríos
21 sep 2020 - 12:00 AM

https://www.prensa.com/impresa/panorama/mueren-dos-ciclistas-en-accidente-en-las-tablas/

 

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Hombre que colisionó a ciclistas es acusado de homicidio culposo agravado y queda detenido

En la audiencia virtual se legalizó la aprehensión y se fijo como medida cautelar la detención provisional del hombre de 27 años.
 
Vielka Corro Ríos
21 sep 2020 - 07:15 PM

 

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Man who collided with cyclists is charged with aggravated manslaughter and is arrested

In the virtual hearing, the arrest was legalized and the provisional detention of the 27-year-old man was set as a precautionary measure.

Vielka Corro Ríos
21 Sep 2020 - 07:15 PM

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The judge of guarantees of the province of Los Santos, Brígido Alonso, declared the indictment of charges against a 27-year-old man for the alleged crime against life and personal integrity, in the form of aggravated manslaughter.

The public prosecutor Liberia Cedeño, from the Los Santos Homicide and Femicide Section, and defense attorney Victoria Norato participated in this hearing to control guarantees, held virtually, from the facilities of the Las Tablas Accusatory Penal System.

The young man is identified as the driver of the Hyundai vehicle seddan, which on September 20 collided with the cyclists Juan Carlos Heilbron and Javier Espinosa, who died at the scene.

After the collision, the driver of the vehicle that was escorting the cyclists reported that whoever was driving the sedan lost control of it and crashed into the cyclists.

This event coincided with the fifth anniversary of the death of the Panamanian cyclist and triathlete Mónica Isabel Licona de Zepeda, who died in 2015 after being hit by a car on Balboa Avenue, in Panama City.

LAS TABLAS, Los Santos. A Guarantees judge ordered, this Monday, September 21, the provisional arrest of the driver responsible for the death of two cyclists, whom he collided the day before, on the highway via Tonosí, at the height of El Carate de Las Tablas.

https://www.prensa.com/judiciales/hombre-que-atropello-a-ciclistas-es-acusado-de-homicidio-culposo-agravado-y-queda-detenido/

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Driver who killed two cyclists charged with manslaughter

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Posted 23/09/2020

LAS TABLAS, -The 27-year-old driver of a sedan who hit and killed two cyclists on the highway via Tonosí on Sunday is under provisional arrest  and has been charged with aggravated manslaughter.

The judge of guarantees of the province of Los Santos, Brígido Alonso, declared the indictment

The public prosecutor Liberia Cedeño, from the Los Santos Homicide and Femicide Section, and defense attorney Victoria Norato participated in this hearing to control guarantees, held virtually, from the facilities of the Las Tablas Accusatory Penal System.

The competition cyclists Juan Carlos Heilbron and Javier Espinosa, died at the scene.

This event coincided with the fifth anniversary of the death of the Panamanian cyclist and triathlete Mónica Isabel Licona de Zepeda , who died in 2015 after being hit by a car on Avenida Balboa, in Panama City.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/driver-who-killed-two-cyclists-charged-with-manslaughter

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