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Every time we drive through there and take a look at the deep cement ditches on either side of the road it gives us the creeps.  This is a horrendous accident here. One split second of loss of attention and an over reaction can land you in the death ditch. 

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30- year-old policeman becomes 178th traffic death

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A 30-YEAR-OLD  motor cyclist Denis Avilés,  died Monday night, May 15 at the Rafael Hernández Regional Hospital in David after being hit by an  SUV  at 8:30 p.m in Los Algarrobos, on the road leading leading  from David to Boquete, in the district of Dolega, Chiriquí province.

After the collision, both drivers lost control and veered off the road. The vehicle rolled over

Aviles worked as a Municipal Police officer  in Dolega. He was the father of three children.

His death brings the total of traffic  fatalities so far this year to 178,  people have died from accidents, of which 38 have been in Chiriquí.

 

http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/30-year-old-policeman-becomes-178th-traffic-death

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Crash death brings total past 180

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A COLLISION    between a dump truck and a panel van carrying newspapers on the Pan-American highway caused one death and two injured, one critically on Friday, May 19.

It took place at around noon  in Natá de Los Caballeros, Coclé Province.

The van driver Anel Méndez González 32, died on the spot and his companion Geremíaz Domínguez, 27, was  cut out of the wreckage by Fire Service responders and transferred to the hospital Dr. Rafael Estévez de Aguadulce, where he remains in critical condition. The truck driver, Luis Peralta, from Herrera is also hospitalized.

The latest road death brings the total in Cocle this year to 35, and pushes the national total past 180 in 139 days.

 

http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/crash-deat-brings-total-past-180

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One dead 4 injured in twin traffic incidents

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 AN EARLY MORNING  Diablo Rojo on the Chepo Corridor-Sur  bus route  hit  a sedan from behind and caused a three vehicle collision on Wednesday June 1.

Fire brigade  staff used the jaws of life to extricate the 22-year-old sedan driver who  was air-lifted to Santo Tomas Hospital where he died  in the ICU bringing the total of traffic  fatalities for the year to date to 197, on track to surpass the 2016  figure.

A seven vehicle collision  in front of the Los Andes Mall in San MIguelito  at noon on Thursday sent four people to hospital

A water truck,carrying 8,500 gallons  collided with  six vehicles.

One of them was a Nissan Sentra taxi, which had just dropped off passengers and was crushed

The driver was removed from the wreckage by fire service first responders,  and taken to the San Miguel Arcángel,Hospital  where he was  detained with serious injuries e left another three  injured, one of them the driver of a motorcycle. The incident caused a major traffic jam.

 

http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/one-dead-4-injured-twin-traffic-incidents

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Three dead, 2 injured on Chorrera highway

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PANAMA’S continuing highway slaughter claimed another three victims on the Pan America highway in La Chorrera, Panama West  on Friday June 2 in two accidents less than a mile apart.

Two other people were  injured

The first fatal event was recorded at 12:30 am in the vicinity of Pesa de La Chorrera when the driver of a red sedan heading for Panama city  lost control and hurtled into a  ditch.

The driver Daywi Omar Fuentes, and his companion Elvin Marquínez died at the scene. Both were 33 years old.

At  5:30 am, in the morning at  La Espiga Luis Bravo,57, and some companions were about to board a truck that would take them to work when  the driver of a busito lost control, and hit Bravo who was standing at the back of the truck. He was killed instantly.

Another worker and the bus driver receives minor injuries and were taken to the Hospital Nicholas A. Solano.

Authorities are  investigating  whether the driver fell asleep or was impaired.

 

http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/three-dead-2-injured-chorrera-highway

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19  injured in bus crashes

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THE LA CHORRERA district in West Panama continues to be a traffic accident hot spot.On Tuesday. June 6  at least 15 people were rushed to hospital after an accident involving  a coaster bus in Loma Campana . It follows a recent rash of accidents on local highways that claimed five lives. nother bus accident in Cocle sent four to hospital

The bus was on the Chame-­Panama route, and apparently collided with another vehicle. The injured were taken to Nicolás A. Solano Hospital and the Social Security polyclinic in La Chorrera.

Another bus accident in Cocle sent four to hospital.

 

http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/15-injured-chorrera-bus-crash

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Hit and run claims  200th traffic victim

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 A HIT AND RUN driver killed a 54-year old street seller setting out to sell his breakfast wares from his tricycle  on Monday, June 2 . The incident was captured on security cameras at a local restaurant on Calle Ricardo J. Alfaro, Eldorado,  and prosecutors are investigating.

The death brings the traffic fatalities on Panama roads in less than six months to 200.

’Macuá’ as he was known in the area was a familiar figure who started his rounds at  5.30 a.m. each day to support his family.

The rear wheel of the tricycle  was hit from behind with such force that  he was thrown in the air and some of the supplies were thrown over 100 meters away reports El Siglo.

Witnesses said that one of the tires of the car was damaged, and the driver stopped briefly at a nearby traffic  light before fleeing.

Prosecutors are examining the surveillance cameras.

http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/hit-run-claims-200th-traffic-victim

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4 hours ago, Moderator_02 said:

Today our gardener in Brisas came to our door asking for help.  His uncle who is a bicycle vendor was robbed in Divala.  The perpetrators knocked him to the ground and beat him, kicking him in the head repeatedly.   He has had brain surgery and is now brain dead.  At first I thought this was the same incident but it is not.  The uncle of our gardener was 48 yr old and has 3 children.  Many of us in Brisas know this gardener and are offering assistance with food and donations to his aunt who survives and the family .  I know this post is a bit off topic but the photo here I think brings to life how sad the situation is....for both families.  Anyone in Brisas wishing to help can email me.

ALISON

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One person is dead and four are seriously injured after a crash early this morning near Las Cumbres in Panama City that reports described as being "aparatoso" or spectacular.

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Hard to believe that anyone survived.

The number of highway deaths in a little over 5 months of 2017 now stands at 205.

http://www.telemetro.com/nacionales/heridos-aparatoso-accidente-Colegio-Beckmann_0_1033996795.html

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Woman incinerated brings traffic toll to 203

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A WOMAN, sitting in a car at a gas station  in Cativa, Colon  was burned to death and several others injured when a Buena Vista-Colon  bus crashed into a gas station on Wednesday, June 8.

An explosion followed the crash and the woman was trapped inside the car.

The injured were transferred to the Hospital Manuel Amador Guerrero de Colón.

The person who died was inside the white vehicle when the bus struck and fire.

 The incident brings the number of traffic deaths this year to 203, in less than six months.

The cause of the crash is under investigation

 

http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/woman-incinerated-brings-traffic-toll-203

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Panama’s unchecked road slaughter hits new highs

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CRIME RELATED deaths are the ones that linger longer in the public perception, but slaughter  on Panama’s highways and city streets remains  one of the country’s biggest ongoing tragedies.

At the time of writing, in this week alone 11 people have died ”  and at least 25 hospitalized in in what are euphemistically  called, “accidents”, putting continuing strain on ambulances, paramedics, police and fire services, the first responders whose daily gory duties involve scraping body parts off pavements, struggling to remove survivors from crushed wreckage and performing first aid on  bloodied bodies   before  rushing them to   the country’s overloaded public hospitals.

The total death toll in less than six months reached  209  on “Black Friday”June 9, which puts Panama  on track to surpass last years horrific total  of 458.  

With a population  of under 4 million that’s quite an achievement compared with say Ontario, Canada, which I visited last month.

 There, with a population close to  14 million, there was handwringing  when in 2015 road deaths in the province climbed by 10 to 299.

The “good news” was that  deaths involving the big four badies  Alcohol/drugs, speed,  inattention (smart phones), and no seat belts, were down, indications that public and private campaigns were working.

There are programs like  RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) with police roadblocks  testing drivers, even on remote country roads).

There is also a  Draconian accumulation of demerit points for not using seat  belts (2 points for each person with no belt… six  points  and you are called in for questioning, more, means re-testing).

A Toronto tax driver told me of fines  up to $1,000  for texting or using a smart phone while driving. Staggered I checked it out and discovered  that offenders are also slapped with 3 demerit points (see re-testing). Offering coima to a local cop to make the problem go away will get you  a lengthy jail term.

 The accumulated points are carefully monitored by insurance companies, who push up renewal charges for  five years. That’s when offenders seek a bank loan or give up the car, depending on the depth of their wallet.

And then there’s MAD, (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)  a vigilant proselytizing group who give backbone to magistrates handing out jail sentences for impaired driving.

None of this is rocket science and it works. So why do Panama’s authorities and insurance companies stand by, tallying the daily carnage?

According to the Transit Authority (ATTT) the  major causes of Panama’s highway death toll  are impaired alcohol/drugs, speed and  smartphone use. Sound familiar?

 Seat belts are apparently not included on the list  although on Friday a passenger hurtled through the windshield of a speeding  car that crashed in Alcalde Diaz.

El Siglo graphically reported the incident: “The 18-year-old died instantly on the spot. His face was disfigured, he was without shoes and lying on his back, next to the bridge[hit by the driver].”

 

http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/panamas-unchecked-road-slaughter-hits-new-highs

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2 hours ago, Brundageba said:

All of a sudden I can't open Chiriqui Noticias.....

Allison, are you asking for help regarding CL? If so, about what? We have no idea who or what 'Chiriqui Noticias' is.

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It's a tweet here in Chiriqui.   Keith uses it all the time to show the accidents.  All of a sudden I can't log in .  I thinks it's my end that's the problem.  I nixed the cookies daily and all of a sudden things I was signed in for, I'm now not...and have since forgotten user/pass....  I'll figure it out in time...maybe.  Old age.   Eh...new challenges.

Thanks Bud

Alison

 

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Authorities sleep at wheel as road deaths hit 226

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José Moreno Moreno, a speeding driver on the Arraijan – La Chorrera highway never made it to his Saturday morning appointment in Panama City on June 24.

Instead, he became the latest statistic in Panama’s ongoing road carnage: 28 dead in June including two children moved down this week, bringing the number of victims in less than six months to 226, well on the way to surpassing last year’s grim total.

Over four times that number of injury victims have required hospital treatment.

crash-1-300x192.jpgThe appalling statistics in a country with less than four million people have produced no apparent signs of major concern from traffic authorities apart from musings about the major causes of accidents use of smartphones, speeding and use of alcohol and drugs. There are no draconian sanctions to rein in drivers who abuse their license to drive. (The licenses are issued after a short test navigating plastic cones in a parking lot, not with an examiner on a highway). Insurance companies seem oblivious to accident records, seat belts are seen as an interior decoration, and there are no visible government awareness campaigns.

Maybe it’s time to introduce and enforce a points system, with retesting for defaulters and car insurance renewal rates linked to driving records.

 

http://www.newsroompanama.com/columns/your-man-in-panama/authorities-sleep-wheel-road-deaths-hit-226

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