Keith Woolford Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 (edited) 16 hours ago, Keith Woolford said: There was a fatal single vehicle crash on the Via Boquete this morning in lower Frances. The El Siglo article incorrectly states that his son died in 2019 when it was actually about six years ago. Edited May 22, 2019 by Keith Woolford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted May 22, 2019 Moderators Share Posted May 22, 2019 Quote Lawmaker deputy killed in crash Posted 21/05/2019 Jose Moreno a 61-year Chiriqui businessman and deputy to a Molirena lawmaker in the current Assembly was killed on Tuesday, May 21 when he lost control of his car and crashed into the supports od a flyover. The accident happened at the Potrerillos exit on the in David-Boquete highway in Chiriquí province. He was deputy to Miguel Fanovich circuit 4- 1 during the period 2014-2019, "Witnesses point out that this person was coming at a moderate speed, so we did not rule out a cardiac problem or dizziness since the final position of the vehicle clearly shows that he lost control, which is why we are already investigating," said a police spokesperson. There have been 18 traffic fatalities in Chiriqui so far this year. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/lawmaker-deputy-killed-in-crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted May 24, 2019 Moderators Share Posted May 24, 2019 Quote Two dead in speeding busito accident Posted 23/05/2019 A highway accident that took the lives of two people motorcyclist and a minibus driver on the Penonomé-Pajonal route on Wednesday, May 22 was captured on a security camera in the Chigore district of Cocle and circulated on social media The accident took place at dawn when the speeding busito driven by Humberto Dario Monterrey, 44, attempted to overtake another vehicle collided with the bike driven by David Martinez Cedeño, 21, who was killed instantly. The bus spun off the road and collided with a hydro pole The driver died when Fire Department first responders tried to remove him from the vehicle. Eight people have died in traffic accidents in Cocle this year. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/two-dead-in-speeding-busito-accident Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted May 26, 2019 Moderators Share Posted May 26, 2019 Quote Five dead, two critically hurt in Panama City crash Posted 25/05/2019 FIVE people were killed in an early morning collision involving a speeding taxi which ignored deviation signs for construction work on Metro Line 2 and hit a sedan head-on in front of Panama’s Metro Mall on Ave Domingo Díaz on Saturday, May 24. All the dead were aged between 18 and 24 according to early reports The taxi driver and two women passengers were killed, along with the driver and a passenger in the sedan. The fatal victims were all between 18 and 24 years old. Two women survivors were prised from the wreckage by Fire Service first responders and transferred to the Hospital Santo Tomás Hospital and the Arnulfo Arias Madrid hospital complex where they remain in critical condition. Traffic Police report a greater number of traffic accidents on weekends due to causes such as speed, alcohol intake and imprudence in driving https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/five-dead-two-critically-hurt-in-panama-city-crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted May 26, 2019 Moderators Share Posted May 26, 2019 11 minutes ago, Moderator_02 said: Five dead, two critically hurt in Panama City crash https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/five-dead-two-critically-hurt-in-panama-city-crash Quote Prosecutor named to investigate 5 highway deaths Posted 25/05/2019 Prosecutor Franco Veliz, from the Primary Care Section of the San Miguelito Regional Prosecutor's Office, has been assigned ti will be in charge of investigating the traffic accident in which five people died in front of the Metromall shopping center on Saturday, May 25... According to Public Ministry's reports, the accident occurred between 3:00 am and 3:30 am involving a taxi and a Suzuki car Two men and three women died and two other women are in critical condition in a hospital. The victims range between 18 and 28 years. Two women taxi passengers and the driver died from the accident. There were four people traveling in the Suzuki The driver and a woman died and the other two passengers are the ones in different hospitals The incident occurred in front of Metromall, in the corregimiento of Rufina Alfaro de San Miguelito. The taxi came from the Tocumen area to San Miguelito and the other vehicle from San Miguelito to the Domingo Díaz highway. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/prosecutor-named-to-investigate-5-highway-deaths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted May 28, 2019 Moderators Share Posted May 28, 2019 Quote No-seat-belt driver killed in collision Posted 27/05/2019 A man in his early twenties old died on Monday afternoon. May 27 when his vehicle collided with the back of an articulated truck that was stopped at the edge of the Arraiján - La Chorrera highway in Panama West. The car plunged off the highway into a gully. Police reports indicate the driver was not wearing a seat belt. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/no-seat-belt-driver-killed-in-collision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted May 28, 2019 Moderators Share Posted May 28, 2019 Quote 10 injured in Capira bus accident Posted 27/05/2019 Ten people were injured in a traffic accident on the Pan-American Highway in Capira on Monday morning, May 26. The Panama Fire Department of Panama said that a bus on the La Pintada-Panama route hit the back of a truck in the Villa Mireya sector The injured were treated by the fire department. paramedics https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/10-injured-in-capira-bus-accident Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted May 29, 2019 Moderators Share Posted May 29, 2019 Quote Loaded brewery truck hit by train Posted 28/05/2019 A brewery truck loaded with cases of beer stalled on a rail track and was struck by a container train on Omar Torrijos Avenue, at the Pedro Miguel crossing on Monday evening, May 27. The truck driver was unhurt but his cargo was scattered across the road The National Police are investigating to determine responsibilities. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/loaded-brewery-truck-hit-by-train Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 I have no doubt continued investigation by the beer drinking local community ensued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 4 hours ago, Moderator_02 said: The National Police are investigating to determine responsibilities Should be a short investigation. Trains don't yield much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted May 30, 2019 Moderators Share Posted May 30, 2019 Quote One dead, 11 injured in latest bus crash Posted 29/05/2019 A 50- year-old, woman passenger was the latest victim in a plague of highway accidents involving buses. Official information reveals that the driver of a small bus on the David-Boquerón-Cordillera route lost control when allegedly a tire exploded. The bus collided with the railings of an incline and subsequently overturned. Three minors and two adults were badly hurt and six other passengers were slightly injured. Paramedics of the Fire Department of Bugaba and Boquerón, and the SUME 911 treated and transferred the injured to the emergency room of the Pablo Espinoza Polyclinic in Bugaba and the Emergency Room of the Rafael Hernández Regional Hospital. in David. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/one-dead-11-injured-in-latest-bus-crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 This is horrible. Makes me sorta queezy. Bad tires....now what's the chance of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnF13 Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Another bus collision on the way home from David at noon or so. Bus turned left across the line of traffic and was T boned by an oncoming car. This near the junction of the old Boquete road and the new one. From the damage, I doubt if the car was doing the speed limit...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Ones wonders why local drivers take such chances on a turn or a lane change when they are generally so careful not to go over a bump or a pot hole at more then 2 mph. You know, like wee little teeny tiny bumps and mini holes. If you are not careful while driving you can rear end these folks....or worse run flat square into the other ones that decide to cross in front of you at 5 mph....Its a loooong list as we all know. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 8, 2019 Moderators Share Posted June 8, 2019 Quote Driver killed en-route to wake Posted 07/06/2019 The 59-year-old driver of an Agricultural Ministry (MIDA) pickup, on his way to the wake of an aunt, was killed in the Las Lomas sector of David, Chiriqui when he lost control and slammed into the concrete jersey. on the Pan-American Highway and overturned. His death brings the total of Chiriqui highway victims this year to 23. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/driver-killed-en-route-to-wake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 9, 2019 Moderators Share Posted June 9, 2019 Quote President stops to help injured motorcyclist Posted 08/06/2019 Panama President Juan Carlos Varela surprised his bodyguards on Friday night, June 7 when transiting the Cinta Costera. After spotting people gathered around the site of a traffic accident He ordered the driver to stop and broke the protocol of his guards and got out of the car to help a motorcyclist who had crashed and was lying injured on the roadway beside his machine. The president insisted on knowing about the health condition of the injured rider and his protectors to immediately request an ambulance of the Institutional Protection Service, (SPI), so the young man could receive prompt medical attention. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/president-stops-to-help-injured-motorcyclist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 13, 2019 Moderators Share Posted June 13, 2019 Quote Justice of Peace facing trial after running down agent Guerra entered the court in a wheelchair due to a leg injury Posted 12/06/2019 A judge of guarantees accepted on Wednesday, June 12 May imputation of a crime of personal injuries by Barú,Justice of the Peace Mercedes Guerra González, for a May 1 incident when she ran down a 35-year-old-year-old year-old security guard and failed to stop. A video of the incident outrage in Las Arenas, Bari, Chiriqui went viral in Panama.The judge of guarantees decreed a six- month investigative process. No precautionary measures were imposed. After the incident appeared on social medias Guerra Gonzalez denied that she was drunk and that she wanted to escape, after running over the agent at the entrance of a petro terminal. According to her version , the incident occurred because the brakes of the car she was driving failed and she could not maneuver to avoid rolling over the She added that she flashed the car lights to the security agent, as a way of pointing out that she had problems. According to Guerra, she never wanted to flee and was responsible for what happened. She was accompanied by her mother and 8-year-old daughter The victim asked the authorities of the Transit Police to apply a breathalyzer test to the driver , but the units said they did not have the alcohol sensor alcohol at hand, which led to an internal investigation to clarify the facts and the responsibility of the units in the application of the test reports La Critica. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/justice-of-peace-facing-trial-after-running-down-agent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 14, 2019 Moderators Share Posted June 14, 2019 Quote Woman who drove over cops, arrested Posted 13/06/2019 A woman who was filmed driving at three members of the National Police in La Chorrera before fleeing has been s arrested in the Valle Dorado neighborhood. The vehicle involved in the incident that injured officers one officer accident was also found. with its license plate removed. The other woman accompanying the driver is also wanted. According to the authorities, the driver was angry, because the police units, involved in a spot check informed her when she produced her license that she had outstanding charges. National Police Commissioner, Simón Henríquez,said that the police of the National Directorate of Traffic Operations (DNOT) were treated at the Policlínica Santiago Barraza in La Chorrera. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/woman-who-drove-over-cops-arrested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 16, 2019 Moderators Share Posted June 16, 2019 Quote Failure to attend recividism talks means loss of license Posted 15/06/2019 Drivers who fail to show up for lectures on improving their driving habits could lose their license says a directive published by the transit authority (ATTT) on Friday, June 14. It reads : “The inspectors of the Transit and Land Transport Authority (ATTT) and of the Traffic Operations Directorate of the National Police are now authorized to retain the license of offenders in cases in which the sanction includes the obligation to attend lectures for recidivism.” The information was published in the Officiql Gazette on Friday, June 14 in the Official Gazette, pointing out that there are 15 infractions that have as in addition to the payment of a fine, the obligation to attend lectures for recidivism. The resolution emphasizes that a mechanism is needed that persuades repeat offenders to attend the talks. After the driver has complied with all the sanctions imposed, he/she will be able to appear at the offices of the ATTT and request the return of their license. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/failure-to-attend-recividism-talks-means-loss-of-license Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottie Atwater Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 The only "authorities" I see in Volcan are the police stopping cars to check for licenses, etc. It would certainly help more if they'd check for speeders and those who don't obey stop signs--who now have more opportunity to speed with the many additional paved roads. I even see colegio drivers speeding and not even slowing down for a stop sign. And parents trust their children with these irresponsible drivers? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 18, 2019 Moderators Share Posted June 18, 2019 Quote Speeding bus sends passengers to hospital Posted 17/06/2019 A SPEEDING Diablo Rojo (Red Devil) bus plunged off the road and down a steep embankment sending an unspecified number of its 55 terrified passengers to an emergency room. The Benemérito Fire Department transferred the injured to a hospital in San Juan, Colón. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/speeding-bus-sends-passengers-to-hospital Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 18, 2019 Moderators Share Posted June 18, 2019 Quote One dead, one injured in head-on Colon collision Posted 17/06/2019 Alto. on the Colon-Panama route on Monday, June 17, killed the car driver and sent a woman passenger to the emergency room of the Hospital de Colón. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/one-dead-one-injured-in-head-on-colon-collision-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 20, 2019 Moderators Share Posted June 20, 2019 Quote 4 Dead in Early week Traffic Accidents Speed said to be the cause. Posted 19/06/2019 Fourpeople were killed and one seriously injured in traffic accidents on Monday and Tuesday.of this week. June Juan José Soto, 27 years old, died Tuesday after crashing off the road and being flung from the car at El Lago in the Costa Abajo, Colon. The victim was not wearing a seatbelt A 49--year--old man died Monday night when he was hit by a taxi while attempting to cross the road to his home in the city of Santiago, Veraguas. Ulises Gabriel Lasso, was killed and his passenger, a nurse, badly injured on the Boyd-Roosevelt route at Nuevo San Juan, Colón. on Tuesday night. Speed is reported to be the cause of the accident. A Colombian motorcyclist was killed in Costa del Este on Tuesday in a collision with a car. Earlier he had been seen in a race with another bike, https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/4-dead-in-early-week-traffic-accidents-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 21, 2019 Moderators Share Posted June 21, 2019 Quote Six dead 20 injured as bus plunges into ravine Posted 20/06/2019 SIX PEOPLE were killed and 20 injured (many seriously) when a bus plunged down a ravine and into a river at Las Lajas, in the village of Las Cumbres, in North Panama. on Thursday, June 20. Passing motorists tried to help those who were able to get out of the bus until the arrival of personnel from the Fire Department, the Civil Protection System ( Sinaproc) and the Police. Five ambulances of the SUME 911 and two of the Fire Department were used to transfer the injured to the nearest hospital. Several were severely injured and one died. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/six-dead-20-injured-as-bus-plunges-into-ravine-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 23, 2019 Moderators Share Posted June 23, 2019 Quote 2 young men die in continuing road carnage Posted 22/06/2019 Francisco Alvarado, 31,was killed on his birthday, in the early morning of Saturday, June 22 when his sedan collided head-on with a mini-bush on the De la Frontera - David route in in Chiriqui. In Colon, where a bus accident on the Transismica caused six deaths on Thursday, Luis Herrera, 22 lost his life when his pickup slammed into a power line post on the same highway in the Río Gatún community, The deaths bring the total trsffic deaths for the week to 14. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/2-young-men-die-in-continuing-road-carnage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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