Keith Woolford Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 (edited) A Dolega policeman on a motorcycle lost his life in a horrible crash, just down the highway In Los Algarrobos. Edited May 16, 2017 by Keith Woolford 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted May 18, 2017 Moderators Share Posted May 18, 2017 Quote 30- year-old policeman becomes 178th traffic death Posted on May 17, 2017 in Panama Post Views: 116 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted May 21, 2017 Moderators Share Posted May 21, 2017 Quote Crash death brings total past 180 Posted on May 20, 2017 in Panama Post Views: 175 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted May 23, 2017 Moderators Share Posted May 23, 2017 http://www.prensa.com/in_english/Contenedor-Albrook-obstaculiza-Omar-Torrijos_21_4763733586.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 3, 2017 Moderators Share Posted June 3, 2017 Quote One dead 4 injured in twin traffic incidents Posted on June 2, 2017 in Panama Post Views: 124 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 4, 2017 Moderators Share Posted June 4, 2017 Quote Three dead, 2 injured on Chorrera highway Posted on June 3, 2017 in Panama Post Views: 163 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) Please watch your step when exiting the Bus. Somewhere around Panama City Edited June 5, 2017 by Keith Woolford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 I can't quite picture how this happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 Back up real fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 One person injured this morning in a rollover down by Los Algarrobos. The video shows clear, dry, road conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 7, 2017 Moderators Share Posted June 7, 2017 Quote 19 injured in bus crashes Posted on June 6, 2017 in Panama Post Views: 191 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 7, 2017 Moderators Share Posted June 7, 2017 Quote Hit and run claims 200th traffic victim Posted on June 6, 2017 in Panama Post Views: 271 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted June 7, 2017 Share Posted June 7, 2017 4 hours ago, Moderator_02 said: http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/hit-run-claims-200th-traffic-victim 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 (edited) 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. 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 Edited June 9, 2017 by Keith Woolford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Two more victims today just over near Alanje. Clear, dry conditions, the driver went off the road into a lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 (edited) Another horrid event today in Colon when a bus slammed into cars at a filling station provoking a fire. One woman is dead. The station's fire extinguishers were defunct. This is awful. Edited June 10, 2017 by Keith Woolford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 10, 2017 Moderators Share Posted June 10, 2017 Quote Woman incinerated brings traffic toll to 203 Posted on June 9, 2017 in Panama Post Views: 277 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Traffic fatality No. 210 this morning in Palma Real de Dolega, which I believe is close to Potrerillos Abajo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 11, 2017 Moderators Share Posted June 11, 2017 Quote Panama’s unchecked road slaughter hits new highs Posted on June 10, 2017 in Panama Post Views: 418 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 2 hours ago, Keith Woolford said: Traffic fatality No. 210 this morning in Palma Real de Dolega, which I believe is close to Potrerillos Abajo. All of a sudden I can't open Chiriqui Noticias..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Admin_01 Posted June 11, 2017 Administrators Share Posted June 11, 2017 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 (edited) 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 Edited June 11, 2017 by Brundageba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Ha...I'm not dead yet. I got it ! Persistence pays... Alison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted June 26, 2017 Moderators Share Posted June 26, 2017 Quote Authorities sleep at wheel as road deaths hit 226 Posted on June 25, 2017 in Your Man in Panama Post Views: 176 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. The 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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