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Taxista brings highway death toll to 247

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THE DRIVER  of a speeding taxi was killed and his two elderly passengers badly injured on Tuesday night, September 11  in El Peñón, Alcalde Díaz.

Witnesses said the driver,40,  lost control crossed into the opposite lane and hit a concrete post. When paramedics arrived he was dead. The passengers. a man 78,  and a woman  64,   were transferred to hospital where they are in stable condition.

The incident brings the death toll on Panama roads this year to 247.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/taxista-brings-highway-death-toll-to-247

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Highway death toll reaches 250

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aThe 67-year-old driver of a small pickup was killed in a head-on collision on Friday, September 14 in Rio Hato, Panama West.

The accident was caused by a vehicle whose driver lost control while believed to have been chatting on a smartphone. “Inattention” is a major cause of traffic accidents in Panama.

On Saturday afternoon a man was run over and killed by a garbage truck in front of the Gran David Hotel on the Trans-America Highway in Veraguas The two incidents bring the total highway deaths this year to 250.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/highway-death-toll-reaches-250

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Three dead 22 injured in weekend accidents

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Two people were killed and  19 injured on Sunday afternoon, September 16  in a head-on collision between a sedan and a coaster-type bus in  San Andrés, Paso Canoas, Chiriquí. The driver and passenger in the sedan died on the spot.

The injured were transferred to various hospital in  Chiriqui said the  Panama Fire Department on Twitter.

A  motorcyclist was killed on the Interamerican highway, near the Cerro Silvestres in Arraiján on Saturday night while in La Chorrera firefighters needed 30 minutes to extract three people from a wrecked taxi on the main road to Los Mortales de La Chorrera.  The injured were transferred to the Nicolás A. Solano Hospital.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/three-dead-22-injured-in-weekend-accidents

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Taxi driver ran down transit cop, stays behind bars

Posted on September 18, 2018 in Panama

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A taxi driver who ran down a woman police officer while attempting to escape a checkpoint will remain behind bars in Chorrera for six months while investigations continue.

David Domínguez Montenegro, the man who ran over the Tránsit agent Marianela Chen in La Espiga de La Chorrera, was denied an appeal for the change of precautionary measure.

On Monday, September 17 the magistrates of the Superior Court of Appeals ratified the precautionary measure interposed by the judge of Guarantees, Xavier Alexis Flores, of granting provisional detention for a period of six months

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/taxi-driver-ran-down-transit-cop-stays-behind-bars

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20 injured as bus plunges into creek

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OVER 20  passengers, mostly students,   were injured when a diablo verde (green devil) bus hit a pedestrian, swerved and collided with a taxi before plunging into a creek, on the Boyd Roosevelt road (Transistmica) in Cativa, Colon at noon on Friday, September  21.
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Three injured

Meanwhile, in Chiriqui,   three people were severely injured as their sedan was  entering  the Trans-America Highway in  David  and was  hit by a truck carrying a crane

In Cuatro Altos, Colon a car crashed into a locomotive at a railway crossing and was dragged several meters. The driver, who was slightly injured accepted responsibility and said he had been distracted reports El Siglo.

 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/20-injured-as-bus-plunges-into-creek

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Taxi driver fails [dies] after accident

Saturday, September 22, 2018 - 9:06 a.m.
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So far the identity of the victim is unknown

A fatal victim left a traffic accident registered in Nuevo Veranillo, at the height of Suntracs Street. It is a taxi driver.

The National Police keeps the area cordoned off to all avoid this route. So far the identity of the victim is unknown.

 


 

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Conductor de taxi fallace tras accidentarse 

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sábado 22 de septiembre de 2018 - 9:06 a.m.
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Hasta el momento se desconoce la identidad de la víctima

Una víctima fatal dejó un  accidente de tránsito registrado en Nuevo Veranillo, a la altura de la Calle Suntracs. Se trata de un conductor de taxi.

La Policía Nacional mantiene el área acordonada a todos evitar esta ruta. Hasta el momento se desconoce la identidad de la víctima.

 

http://elsiglo.com.pa/cronica-roja/conductor-taxi-fallace-tras-accidentarse/24084299

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54 minutes ago, Pantah said:

Checking documents does not prevent horrible car wrecks, patrolling the highways for reckless behavior does, with the resources available, in my opinion.

To be clear, the limited transito resources are being used for the wrong activity. 

Unlicensed and/or uninsured drivers are reckless by definition and present a risk to others.

Removing these offenders from the highways improves safety for everyone else, imo.

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12 injured in two pickups collision

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Eleven adults and one r child were injured after a head-on collisionn between two pickup trucks from the northern area of the district of Penonomé, Coclé province on Saturday, September 28. The incident occurred around 3:00 in the afternoon in the Oaxaca, sector Penonomé. The police and firefighters took the injured to Aquilino Tejeira de Penonomé hospital.
 

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10 hours ago, Keith Woolford said:

There was a bad crash today in front of Ivan’s in Alto Boquete which sent two seriously injured people to hospital.

It’s dodgy turning left to go south from there.

 

Keith, I know accidents can happen, but remembering your recent posting about the large number of people driving without a valid license. My question is how many of these accidents are caused by people behind the wheel but have no license i.e. have no right to drive. 

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Panama highway death toll reaches 286

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A man who tried to cross a poorly lit section of the Panama-Colón highway, in  Guna Nega, was killed late on Thursday, Oct 4, bringing the traffic death toll this year to  286. Local residents report that there have been previous deaths on the highway where there are no lights and no pedestrian bridge.
 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/panama-highway-death-toll-reaches-286

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Moderator comment: From Twitter, there was a two car accident at 6am this morning near the bridge over the Salado River in the Las Tablas area. Two people injured.

 

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Speeding motorist incinerated

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Alexis Zhuo Whong,  A  26-year-old Penonome businessman, was burned to death early Sunday morning on the Interamerican highway near Llano Marín, El Coco, Penonomé, Coclé after losing control of his pickup.  The impact was so strong that the vehicle broke in half and burst into flames. The father of three was believed to have been speeding. Itwas th 28th traffic death of the year in Cocle, three involving incineration.
 

https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/speeding-motorist-incinerated

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Moderator comment: Extracted from Twitter, which included content from La Prensa, regarding a bus in the Colon area that was involved in an incident and became incinerated.
 

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http://laestrella.com.pa/panama/nacional/incendio-colon/

https://twitter.com/EstrellaOnline/status/1052455144619696128

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