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One man and two horses killed in highway collision

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, on the Interamerican Highway , in the Penonomé district, near Rio Grande Cocle

Posted 04/08/2019

One man and two horses were killed and two people injured in a collision between an articulated truck and a pickup towing a horse trailer, on the Interamerican Highway, in the Penonomé district, near Rio Grande Cocle on Sunday. August 4.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/one-man-and-two-horses-killed-in-highway-collision

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Police search for driver who killed cyclist

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Posted 04/08/2019

Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who hit and killed Herminio Sánchez Arauz, 46, on Sunday, August 4   on the road leading t to the La Hincada sector, of Antón, Coclé.. The death brings the highway toll in Panama this year to 165

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/police-search-for-driver-who-killed-cyclist

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Six injured in speeding pirate bus accident

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Posted 07/08/2019

Six people were injured when a speeding pirate bus carrying passengers picked near a Chorerra supermarket overturned close to the access to the Arraiján-La Chorrera highway. The accident was reported at 6:00 am on Tuesday, August 6

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/six-injured-in-speeding-pirate-bus-accident

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Four injured as taxi slams 911 ambulance

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Posted 10/08/2019

Four people were injured when a taxi slammed into the back of a Sume  911 ambulance he was tailing on Wednesday night  August  7. The ambulance was taking a patient to the Nicolás A. Solano hospital in La Chorrera when the collision took place in the Vista Alegre de Arraiján sector.

Two paramedics were the patient's companion and the taxi passenger suffered injuries

The victims were helped and taken by another 911 ambulance to the Santa Fe Hospital and are out of danger.

A spokesman for Sume 911 said that this is one of the biggest obstacles that emergency professionals face every day, especially with taxi drivers who follow behind the ambulances with to advance in the traffic jams, putting in danger the lives of others waiting for help. The Sume reiterates to drivers to practice courtesy in driving and to give way when they hear the sirens of emergency vehicles.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/four-injured-as-taxi-slams-911-ambulance

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11-year old  killed by cement truck

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Posted 14/08/2019

An 11-year-old boy who was studying at the United Nations school in La Chorrera was hit and killed by a cement mixer truck after leaving school early Wednesday afternoon. His death at the Nicolás Alejo Solano hospital in La Chorrera brings the highway carnage this year to 171,

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/11-year-old-killed-by-cement-truck

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Rider and horse killed, 3 injured in highway tragedy

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Posted 19/08/2019

A  24-year-old rider and his horse were killed and three people injured, on  Sunday afternoon. August 18 on the Inter-American highway, near the Los Palacios Mill, in Santiago, Veraguas.

 The equestrian, Bernado Ortega was hit by a speeding vehicle while attempting to cross the highway.  

The truck overturned and a second vehicle hit the rider and the horse. Three vehicle occupants were transferred to the regional hospital

The  incident brought the death toll in Veraguas this year to 11. Nationwide 173 people have died in traffic incidents.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/rider-and-horse-killed-3-injured-in-highway-tragedy

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One dead 3 injured, 38 cars smashed

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Posted 22/08/2019

One person was killed and three injured and 38 vehicles were smashed when the kidnapped driver of an articulated truck careened down a street  in El Chorillo. Panama City in the early hours of Thursday, August  22.

The truck driver - who was transporting grain told the police  and traveled along Simón Bolívar Avenue to  Manuel Espinosa Batista, passed through    Federico Boyd tp  Balboa Avenue and then entered El Chorrillo said Police Commissioner, Franklin Serrano.

The truck entered 17th and  21st streets where cars were  parked and the collisions began.

The truck stopped in Plaza Amador when it collided head-on with a taxi, which went under the tires of the articulated vehicle. One of the passengers in the taxi died in the accident. Three others were injured.

Serrano said the driver said that when the truck stopped the criminals fled.

Traffic Police Simón Henríquez said that the truck driver registered negative in a breathalyzer test

 

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Demolition derby truck driver in preventive detention

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The taxi collided head on with the articulated truck

Posted 23/08/2019

The  driver of a truck that collided with 38 vehicles in El Chorrillo on August 21 and led to the death of a taxi passenger and injuries to three people, is in preventive detention

Lorenzo Samuels is charged with aggravated manslaughter.

During the hearing,  before a Judge of Guarantees Samuels apologized to the relatives and repeated his version that he was being threatened by two armed men who forced him to travel to the area.

According to a statement issued on August 22, police indicated that a driver of an articulated truck did not heed the warning of police units before the multiple collisions.

Franklin Serrano, Commissioner of the Police, said the truck was coming from San Miguelito.

The driver's defense announced that they will appeal the decision of the judge on  Tuesday, August 27.

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/demolition-derby-truck-driver-in-preventive-detention

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Accident victims videoed minutes before fatal crash

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Posted 23/08/2019

Images circulating on social media show three young people singing in the backseat of a car, minutes before it crashed killing two and sending three to hospital with serious injuries.

One of the injured died in hospital.

The accident  happened at   11:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 25  on the Domingo Díaz road, at the entrance to  the San Antonio neighborhood, in the direction of San Miguelito

Early reports say that the car was struck from behind by another vehicle leading to the driver losing control and hitting a utility pole, leaving homes in the vicinity without electrical power.

The car was totally destroyed. The accident brings the total of  highway deaths in Panama this year to 176.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/accident-victims-videoed-minutes-before-fatal-crash-1

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Boys heading to see president killed in bike accident

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Posted 24/08/2019

Two young boys on their way by bicycle to see the arrival of a helicopter carrying President  Lorintino Cortizo were killed on  Saturday, morning, August 24, in the community of Llano Tugri in the district of Besiko in the Gnäbe Buglé region.

They came down a hill and lost control on a curve and crashed into a utility said police authorities. The bike had no brakes.

The accident happened next to the site prepared for the helicopter. Their deaths bring the highway tally this year to 178

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/boys-heading-to-see-president-killed-in-bike-accident

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Traffic death toll rises to 179

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Posted 24/08/2019

The death of a driver in a speeding vehicle that rolled over in front of a La Chorrera shopping center on Saturday, August 24 brought the number of victims in highway accidents this year to 179

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/traffic-death-toll-rises-to-179

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Three dead, one injured ib Sunday accidents

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Posted 27/08/2019

Two brothers were killed and another injured on Sunday night in a traffic accident at the of the entrance  to  San Juan in the Pacora district, in East Panama. They were in their way to visit relatives following the death of the wife of one of the victims four days earlier.

In La Chorrera a 45-year-old man was run over and killed on Sunday raising the highway death  toll in the area to 25 and the national toll of  victims to 181

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/three-dead-one-injured-ib-sunday-accidents

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Police sweep  nets 125 “wanted” -- traffic cops ticket 2,151

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Posted 31/08/2019

A to total of 125 people wanted by the authorities were arrested in the “Blue Diamond” operation carried out by units of the Urban Rapid Intervention Force on Friday August 30. In addition four stolen vehicles were recovered and 10 firearms were seized.

Units of the National Directorate of Traffic Operations (DNOT)  carried out their own blitz handed out 2,151 tickets including 779 for speeding 135 for  inadequate lights, 37 for driving while using a cell phone, 35 for drunk driving while  90 vehicles were towed.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/police-sweep-nets-125-wanted-traffic-cops-ticket-2151

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At least three dead four injured in highway collision

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Posted 31/08/2019

At least three people died and four were critically  injured in a  head-on collision between a sedan and a truck on the Trans American Highway, near El Palmar, in San Carlos, West Panama on Saturday afternoon, August 31. The latest accident brings the death toll on Panama highways this yeat to 186.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/at-least-three-dead-four-injured-in-highway-collision

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7 injured in latest Cocle bus crash

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Posted 02/09/2019

At least 7 people were injured in a collision initially between a bus and a truck on the Pan-America highway near Saltorosa de Aguadulce, Cocle,  on Monday, September 2.

Firefighters reported the involvement of a third vehicle. The injured were taken to hospital in Aguadulce.

There have been six major traffic accidents involving 60 seat passenger buses in Cocle in the last three years which have been attributed to speeding.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/7-injured-in-latest-cocle-bus-crash

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Two killed in separate Cocle accidents

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Posted 05/09/2019

The driver of a dump truck was killed in a freak accident in  La Pintada, Cocle, on Thursday, September 5. After losing control of the truck he collided with a barrier fence panicked and jumped from the cab and was run over by his own rear wheels.

On Monday a 16-year-old boy was run over and killed by a sedan in the Toabré district, of  Penonomé district, The two deaths bring the highway toll in Cocle this year to 16, and the nationwide carnage to 188.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/two-killed-in-separate-cocle-accidents

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One dead two seriously hurt in head-on crash

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Posted 06/09/2019

A  38-yeqr-old woman returning home from work was killed and two people were badly injured at 10 pm on  Thursday, September 5 when her sedan was involved in a head-on collision with a double-cabin pickup in heavy rain in front of the Rommel Fernández stadium in Panama City. Police said speed was a contributing factor.

Her death brings the total killed on Panama highways so far this year to 189.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/one-dead-two-seriously-hurt-in-head-on-crash

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Six injured in three vehicle crash including school bus

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Posted 07/09/2019

A three-vehicle collision including a school bus on the Inter-America highway in Capira, Panama Oeste 8 injured six people and sent five to hospital on  Saturday, September 7.

The driver of one of the vehicles said that a truck which was traveling in the direction of the capital city suddenly got off the road and "practically flew " to the opposite lane, impacting the school bus and the car in which he was traveling with his family.

After hitting the two vehicles, the truck ended up in a ravine next to the road. Members of the Panama Fire Department rescued two men who were taken to the Nicolás Alejo Solano hospital in La Chorrera along  with  three people traveling   in the college busito who  also were admitted to the medical center
 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/six-injured-in-three-vehicle-crash-including-school-bus

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Drunk taxi driver injures three and flees

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Posted 08/09/2019

A drunk taxi driver hit and brought down a utility pole and power lines in Vacamonte, Arriajan and injured three passers-by on Sunday Afternoon, September  8. He fled to a house in Nuevo Chorillo where he was found by police breathalyzed and charged.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/drunk-taxi-driver-injures-three-and-flees

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The folks who wanted more enforcement of moving violations by the Transit Police are certainly getting their wish.

At any given time these days there are 2 to 3 motorcycle officers between Boquete and David who are equipped with radar guns and breathalyzers ..and they’re busy. 

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Triple crash and hit and run leave 10 injured

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Posted 13/09/2019

At least nine people were injured on Friday morning September 13, in a triple collision involving a bus a sedan and an articulated truck on the bridge over the Santa Maria River, in Divisa, Herrera province. Meanwhile, a hit and run driver left an injured victim on Calle 50 in Panama City

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/triple-crash-and-hit-and-run-leave-10-injured

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Two run down in separate incidents bring road deaths to 199

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Posted 14/09/2019

Diogenes Alcides Castillo 57  and Andy Espinoza, 52,  run over by speeding vehicles in separate incidents on Thursday night September 12 in Chiriqui died at the Rafael Hernández de David Regional Hospital. Castillo arrived at the hospital after being hit by a vehicle in the district of Gualaca. Espinoza was run down in the  Bugaba district Traffic authorities are investigating both incidents which bring road fatalities in Chiriqui this year to 35 and the national total to 199.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/two-run-down-in-separate-incidents-bring-road-deaths-to-199

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