Moderators Moderator_02 Posted November 27, 2019 Moderators Share Posted November 27, 2019 Quote 300 corridor users hit with fines in October Posted 26/11/2019 With user debt standing at over $3 million The National Highway Company (ENA) , and the Transportation Authority handed out more than 300 tickets in the North, South and East corridors during October. An ENA report revealed that 60% of the sanctioned drivers circulated without a balance, and the remaining 40% presented irregularities such as: cars without license plates, without insurance coverage and others with expired licenses.. The institution also confirmed that the users' debt currently amounts to more than $3 million generated by less than 5% of the 550,000 highway users. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/300-corridor-users-hit-with-fines-in-october Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted November 29, 2019 Moderators Share Posted November 29, 2019 Quote Neighbors rescue 7 crash victims waiting 30 mins for ambulances Posted 28/11/2019 Seven people, including three schoolteachers traveling in one vehicle, were hospitalized with severe injuries after a head-on crash on the Transistmica at Lajas de Las Cumbres, in North Panama on Wednesday night November 27. Local residents struggled to extract the injured from the wreckage as ambulance services took 30 minutes to respond. Excessive speed by one of the vehicles is presumed to be the cause of the severity of the damage. Five ambulances of Sume 911 the emergency service of and other dependencies transferred the victims to the San Miguel Arcángel and other hospitals. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/neighbors-rescue-7-crash-victims-waiting-30-mins-for-ambulances Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted December 2, 2019 Moderators Share Posted December 2, 2019 Quote 3 dead, 11 injured in highway incidents A triple vehicle crash in Chiriqui Posted 01/12/2019 Three people lost their lives and 11 were injured in traffic incidents on Saturday, November 30 Isabel Del Carmen Payán de Lawson, 52, was killed in a triple collision in Tierras Altas, Chiriquí, at 5 a.m. Police sources that the car driven by the victim slammed into the back of another vehicle and crossed the road into the path of an ongoing truck that was overturned. Nine people were in injured in the incident. According to National Police, there have been 43 deaths from road accidents, in Chiriqui so far this year, 18 fewer victims compared to the same date in 2018. Nurse killed A nurse on her way to work on the morning shift at the Manuel Amador Hospital in Colon died and two others were injured when their taxi was hit by a tour bus The day’s carnage ended at 11 p.m. with the death of a pedestrian hit by a delivery truck on the Transistmica highway in Panama https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/3-dead-11-injured-in-highway-incidents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted December 11, 2019 Moderators Share Posted December 11, 2019 Quote 3 Highway deaths, 6,543 tickets on Mothers’ Day weekend Posted 09/12/2019 At least three people died on the Mothers’ Day long weekend and police handed out 6,543 traffic tickets With extra police on duty as hundreds of travelers returned to the capital on Monday, December 9, after spending time in the interior that figure is sure to rise. Franklin Serrano, of the Traffic Police Commissioner, said the entity launched operations to make the return safe. Around 150 units were deployed from San Carlos to La Espiga de La Chorrera. He said that the ticketing total included 173 impaired drivers who had their licenses removed and their cars towed. while 2,453 were booked for speeding https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/3-highway-deaths-6543-tickets-on-mothers-day-weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted December 26, 2019 Moderators Share Posted December 26, 2019 Quote One injured as bus burns Posted 25/12/2019 One person was taken to hospital with second-degree burns and cuts from flying glass when a bus caught fire, in the Las Mañanitas district, on Tuesday, December 24. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/one-injured-as-bus-burns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 20, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 20, 2020 Quote Police Captain killed, 8 injured by impaired driver Posted 19/01/2020 A member of National Aeronaval Service (Senan) who failed a breathalyzer test and attempted to flee the scene of a triple vehicle accident that killed a National Police captain and sent eight people to hospital will “not be allowed” to damage the name of the service. The agent Miguel Ángel Ortega was traveling, with a woman and her daughter. n the Pan-American Highway, between the El Caño and Santa Lucía communities, in Cocle province on Saturday night January 18 when he lost control of the vehicle and collided head-on with a sedan driven by Captain, Héctor Sánchez,33 a member of the Superior Police Institute (ISPOL) of Veraguas. Sanchez died from the collision, while the woman and her daughter suffered fractures. The younger woman was transferred to a hospital in the City of Chitré to undergo surgery. The Senan issued a statement saying that actions are being coordinated with the Public Ministry and the National Police. "The National Aeronaval Service reaffirms that it will not allow its members to affect the good name of the institution.” https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/police-captain-killed-8-injured-by-impaired-driver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 24, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 24, 2020 On 1/20/2020 at 8:02 AM, Moderator_02 said: https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/police-captain-killed-8-injured-by-impaired-driver Quote Aeronaval agent detained on day police capt victim buried Posted 23/01/2020 A agent of the National Aeronaval Service (Senan) presumed responsible for the traffic accident that killed a National Police captain will remain in detention for six months in while the Public Prosecutor's Office continues investigations this fact. The accident that claimed the captain's life left the defendant and seven others with injuries including a 30-year-old woman in a delicate condition, happened last Saturday night, in the community of El Caño de Natá in the province of Coclé. The victim worked in the province of Veraguas and was buried at a ceremony attended by President Cortizo on Wednesday January 23, the day preventive detention was confirmed https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/aeronaval-agent-detained-on-day-police-capt-victim-buried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 26, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 26, 2020 Quote Two dead one seriously hurt in highway crash Posted 25/01/2020 A 12-year-old child- and an adult were killed and a third person seriously injured when their sedan was hit by a speeding truck on the Inter-America highway in Gorgona, Chame district on Saturday morning, January 25. The accident caused a massive traffic jam as the injured person was extracted from the wreckage and transferred to the hospital in La Chorrera. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/two-dead-one-seriously-hurt-in-highway-crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 27, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 27, 2020 Quote Manslaughter charges for truck driver in two-death crash Posted 26/01/2020 The driver of a speeding truck that crossed the highway in Chame and demolished a sedan, killing two passengers a 12-year-old and an adult , and seriously injuring the driver on Saturday, Jan. 25 has been charged with manslaughter and is in preventive detention. The severely injured driver of the car was trapped in the wreckage and had ro be pried out by Fire Service personnel using the “jaws of life." https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/manslaughter-charges-for-truck-driver-in-two-death-crash-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 29, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 29, 2020 Quote 6 weekend deaths raise Jan. highway toll to 27 Posted 28/01/2020 Six highway deaths on the weekend brought the total for the year to date to 27 according to Panama Transit Police and there have been numerous injuries including a dozen passengers when two busitos collided head-on in Veracruz. Weekend deaths occurred in Panama Oeste (Chame and San Carlos and Los Speed, alcohol and reckless driving were the main contributing factors." Among the fatalities were retired school principal Blasio Morón Alonso, 84 and his wife Blasina Degracia Frías, 87 , who descended from a bus on Sunday night , in the district of Chame, and were hit by the driver of a speeding van, while trying to cross the Interamerican highway instead of using the pedestrian bridge, due to their physical limitations to climb the stairs. One of them used a cane, Local residents claim that passing traffic rarely obeys the posted 60 km speed limit. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/6-weekend-deaths-raise-jan-highway-toll-to-27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted February 2, 2020 Moderators Share Posted February 2, 2020 Quote Speed kills pickup driver. injures four Posted 01/02/2020 The driver of a speeding pickup truck was killed on Saturday morning February 1 when he slammed into a pole on Via Tocumen At the entry of the Felipillo sector of the December 24 district. The accident left several people injured, who were taken to a nearby hospital. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/speed-kills-pickup-driver-injures-four Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted February 17, 2020 Moderators Share Posted February 17, 2020 Quote Four dead, five injured in weekend traffic incidents Posted 16/02/2020 One person was killed and five injured in a head-on crash between a sedan and a van at dawn on Sunday, February 16 on the Boyd Roosevelt road in Buena Vista Colon A 63-year old man was killed by a hit and run driver in Los Santos on Sunday morning. Two pedestrians died on Saturday after being hit by speeding vehicles. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/four-dead-five-injured-in-weekend-traffic-incidents-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted February 23, 2020 Moderators Share Posted February 23, 2020 Quote Police officer first Carnival victim Posted 22/02/2020 The first fatal victim during Panama’s 2020 Carnival celebrations was an on-duty a police officer returning from a call who was involved in a head-on collision in Tanara, Chepo on Friday night, February 21. On Saturday, morning at least 70,000 drivers of headed towards the interior of the country, on the occasion of the carnivals and by early afternoon prehospital Emergency Management System (SUME 911) had treated about 629 emergencies including 88 traffic accidents, and police handed out scores of tickets for traffic violations. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/police-officer-first-carnival-victim-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 2, 2020 Moderators Share Posted March 2, 2020 Quote One dead 15 injured in rear-ended bus Posted 01/03/2020 One passenger was killed and 15 injured when a bus was rear-ended on the Interamerican Highway, in Los Canelos de Santa Maríam Herrea on Sunday morning March 1 The bus on the Aguadulce – Santiago route was leaving Los Canelos school stop when it was hit by a truck and pushed into the school grounds, The dead passenger was trapped inside the bus. Four of the injured suffered fractures. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/one-dead-15-injured-in-rear-ended-bus-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 3, 2020 Moderators Share Posted March 3, 2020 Quote One dead, three injured in speeding Brinks truck Posted 02/03/2020 One person was killed and two injured in Las Margaritas in the Chepo district east of Panama city when the driver of a speeding Brinks armored truck lost control and plunged into a gully near the bridge over the Mamoni River. on Monday morning, March 2. The truck was carrying at last $130,000. The night before one person died and three were injured when two vans and a pickup collided on the Inter-American highway in Atalaya, Veraguas. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/one-dead-three-injured-in-speeding-brinks-truck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 6, 2020 Moderators Share Posted March 6, 2020 Quote Speeding taxi makes student late for school Posted 05/03/2020 A speeding taxi driver taking a girl student to school on Wednesday morning, March 4. lost control of the car in La Cabima. and the vehicle overturned in a ravine. The man was unharmed, while the girl had minor injuries. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/speeding-taxi-makes-student-late-for-school-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantah Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 7 hours ago, Moderator_02 said: https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/speeding-taxi-makes-student-late-for-school-1 An Uber driver would have a really bad review if he did this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 17, 2020 Moderators Share Posted March 17, 2020 Quote Trapped driver dies as onlookers video Posted 16/03/2020 A 23-year old man whose car overturned on a side road in Valencia, Herrera and was unable to get out of the vehicle and died in the flames, on Sunday, March 15 as other motorists took videos https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/trapped-driver-dies-as-onlookers-video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted May 1, 2020 Moderators Share Posted May 1, 2020 Quote One dead three injured in triple vehicle crash Posted 30/04/2020 One person was killed and three seriously injured in a triple vehicle crash at in Hato Montaña at 7.50 am on Thursday, April 30. One vehicle overturned. Quarantine restrictions have dramatically reduced the highway death toll in the last two months, but with fewer cars on the road many wannabe Formula 1 drivers without the right vehicle or skill are pressing hard on the gas https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/one-dead-three-injured-in-triple-vehicle-crash-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Whoa baby. Now that I am no longer the side kick of the husband behind the wheel ( he blessed the day that happened BTW) my dear husband with limited peripheral awareness may never see "it" coming. Lord help him ................me tooo!~ Imagine the speed with this crash. One car is a block away..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcelyn Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 With fewer vehicles on the road because of lockdown, these “cowboy” drivers are speeding, so probably more deaths will occur in these crashes. Be extra careful !! Stay safe !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 13, 2020 Moderators Share Posted June 13, 2020 Quote Muere cabo de la Policía en accidente de tránsito en Chiriquí y su compañero resulta herido Flor Bocharel Q. 12 jun 2020 - 03:58 PM Hospital regional Rafael Hernández. Foto: Flor Bocharel La Dirección de Operaciones de Tránsito de la Policía Nacional de Chiriquí inició una investigación por un accidente de tránsito en la madrugada de este viernes 12 de junio, donde perdió la vida el cabo segundo de la policía, Josimar Lara, de 24 años de edad. Lara conducía el vehículo Hyundai Tucson, según datos preliminares. Había terminado su turno de labores en el cuartel de Villa Lucre, Panamá y se dirigía a su residencia en Portachuelo, distrito de David, Chiriquí. Con él viajaba un sargento que resultó herido y está recluido en el hospital regional Rafael Hernández de de David. Al lugar llegó el personero de Tolé, Rolando Ábrego, quien ordenó el levantamiento de cadáver y su posterior traslado a la morgue judicial de David. El hecho ocurrión próximo al puente del río Tolé. El vehículo colisionó con el muro y luego cae en una cuneta. Moderator comment: Below is an unedited automated translation of the above news article. Quote Police corporal dies in traffic accident in Chiriquí and his partner is injured Flower Bocharel Q. Jun 12, 2020 - 03:58 PM <<AHD3TA2PJFB6ZDOG6OJ6KRTM2Q.jpg>> Rafael Hernández Regional Hospital. Photo: Flor Bocharel The Directorate of Traffic Operations of the Chiriquí National Police launched an investigation into a traffic accident in the early hours of this Friday, June 12, where the second corporal of the police, 24-year-old Josimar Lara, lost his life. Lara was driving the Hyundai Tucson vehicle, according to preliminary data. He had finished his shift at the Villa Lucre barracks in Panama and was heading to his residence in Portachuelo, David district, Chiriquí. With him was traveling a sergeant who was injured and is being held in the Rafael Hernández de David regional hospital. Tolé's representative, Rolando Ábrego, arrived at the place, who ordered the removal of the body and its subsequent transfer to David's judicial morgue. The event occurred next to the Tolé river bridge. The vehicle collided with the wall and then falls into a gutter. https://www.prensa.com/provincias/muere-cabo-de-la-policia-en-accidente-de-transito-en-chiriqui-y-su-companero-resulta-herido/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted September 25, 2020 Moderators Share Posted September 25, 2020 Quote 7 injured in La Chorrera accident Posted 24/09/2020 Seven people, including three children, were injured in a collision between two sedans on Wednesday, September 23 on the Inter-American at the Costa Verde exit in La Chorrera https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/7-injured-in-la-chorrera-accident Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 3, 2021 Moderators Share Posted January 3, 2021 Quote Two dead one injured en-route to hospital Posted 02/01/2021 A father and his son became the year's first highway victims the morning of January 1, while the son was being driven to Chepo Hospital with severe pains. His wife who was six months pregnant was severely injured Relatives who arrived at the scene said that both the victims and the injured woman were traveling to the Chepo hospital in search of medical assistance, which had been denied them at the Irma Tzanetatos Hospital. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/two-dead-one-injured-en-route-to-hospital-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted February 4, 2021 Moderators Share Posted February 4, 2021 Quote Police seek witneses to traffic deathPosted 03/02/2021 A motorcyclist was killed in a traffic accident in front of the water authority (IDAAN) on Via Brazil on Thursday, February 3. The area is renowned for speeding vehicles that ignore traffic signals. Police are investigating https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/police-seek-witneses-to-traffic-death Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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