Keith Woolford Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 18 Dead, 37 Injured, Tragic Bus Crash in Cocle Emergency personnel and equipment are on the site of a bus which crashed when traveling from Bocas del Toro to Panama on the PanAmerican Highway. The bus went down a steep embankment near Ciénaga Vieja in Antón. All the victims are males, it seems they were agricultural workers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 To my way of thinking, this incident qualifies as a horrific tragedy. Given that we know several people who typically use the highway buses for getting around in Panama, hopefully more information will be made available in the immediate future, including the names of those who died or were wounded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 (edited) The death toll has risen to 18 with 37 people injured. According to reports from TM and TVN, this bus was chartered to take these workers from Bocas del Toro to a farm near Chame. Eliseo Thomas Santos 12-700-1011 Ecedeño Serrano Morales 1-721-223 Mario Santiago Diego 1-19-2736 Benancio Abrigo Zalazar 1-48153 Diomedes Taylor Simons 1-737-2215 Carlos Morales Jiménez 1-26-2631 Silverio Villagras Teberas 1-708-1109 Gervacio Remigio José Rolet 1-738-2463 Entimos Reyes Becker Becker 1-738-2463 Roderick Jiménez Chuito 12-711-1117 Fernal Hoocker Trotman 12-700-1015 Eliseo Thomas 1-22-2431 Carlos Pittí 4-765-944 Ovidio Estribí Pittí José Gabrielito Backer Midi 1-721-634 Daniel Bernal Guerra González 1-766275 Sin indentificar Bernardo Bernit http://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/Bus-Bocas-Toro-accidenta-Anton_0_1005199870.html Edited March 6, 2017 by Keith Woolford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 6, 2017 Moderators Share Posted March 6, 2017 Quote 18 dead 37 injured as bus plunges into river Posted on March 5, 2017 in Panama Post Views: 521 EIGHTEEN PEOPLE died and 37 were injured, many seriously when a bus returning from Bocas del Toro to Panama plunged from a bridge into a river on Sunday afternoon March 5 . The accident happened at 2.15 pm on the InterAmericana highway at Ciénaga Vieja, in the Antón district, in Coclé when the driver lost control near the Health Center and plunged into the Las Guabas river. Firemen and rescue teams from the Emergency Task Force were called in from surrounding areas to assist passengers trapped inside the bus and helicopters arrived to help ferry the injured to different hospitals in the region as local hospitals were quickly overwhelmed Ambulance helicopter Gilberto Samaniego National Police Commissioner of the West Panama Province, and a member of the Joint Task Force, said injured passengers were being transferred to the Nicolás Solano Hospital in La Chorrera because the medical centers of Anton and Penonomé were at their maximum capacity and could no longer accept patients. http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/16-dead-50-injured-bus-plunges-river Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 I hope there will be answers on why this happened. Wind? Possibly the driver fell asleep. I'm speechless. Horrible tragedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 6, 2017 Moderators Share Posted March 6, 2017 Moderator comment: The title of this news article reads "39 Day Laborers Remain in Hospital After Bus Accident in Antón". http://www.prensa.com/judiciales/jornaleros-continuan-hospitales-accidente-Anton_0_4705029460.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 7, 2017 Moderators Share Posted March 7, 2017 Quote Day of reflection to mark bus deaths Posted on March 6, 2017 in Panama The children of the owner of the bus, were among the dead. Post Views: 185 CHILDREN returning to school on Monday Mar. 6, following the summer break, found flags flying at half mast and before singing the national anthem they were asked to observe a minute’s silence for 18 indigenous farm workers who died the day before, when their bus plunged from a bridge to a river 60 meters below. President Juan Carlos Varela who visited the scene of the tragedy on Sunday, declared Monday a National Day of reflection. Meanwhile, the number of injured in hospitals scattered across three provinces was upgraded to 39, as their names were released. The workers who had left Punta Peña de Chiriquí at Grande, Bocas del Toro at 7 am were en route to a to pick water melons at a farm in Gorgona de Chame whose owner had chartered the bus. Most of the workers were from Kusapín. Three Helicopters of the Naval Air Service were used to transport critically injured patients to Santo Tomas Hospital, but two died soon after arrival. “We will give all our support to the families of these Panamanian workers who lost their lives on the way to do their job,” said Varela. The Civil Defense Service (Sinaproc) has activated a number to give information to relatives of the injured and deceased, and to coordinate hospital transfers. A total of 39 workers remain hospitalized Five are in Santo Tomás Hospital, one of whom is in intensive care. The other 34 victims are being treated at the Aquilino Tejeira Hospital in Penonomé, the Doctor Rafael Estévez Hospital in Aguadulce, Arnulfo Arias Madrid Metropolitan Hospital Complex in Panama, and the Dr Gustavo Nelson Collado Hospital in Chitré. http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/day-reflection-mark-bus-deaths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger B Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 On 3/6/2017 at 10:15 AM, Brundageba said: I hope there will be answers on why this happened. Wind? Possibly the driver fell asleep. I'm speechless. Horrible tragedy. According to the latest report given to the news media looks like the driver fell asleep while driving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 8, 2017 Moderators Share Posted March 8, 2017 http://www.prensa.com/in_english/Trasladan-Bocas-Toro-accidente-Anton_21_4705989359.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 13, 2017 Moderators Share Posted March 13, 2017 http://www.thepanamanews.com/2017/03/questions-linger-after-anton-bus-disaster/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 Mechanical problems with the bus have been ruled out in this tragedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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