Moderators Moderator_02 Posted December 22, 2018 Moderators Share Posted December 22, 2018 Quote Seasonal warning as traffic deaths fall Posted on December 21, 2018 in Panama Post Views: 103 Panama traffic accidents this year are down with 72 fewer deaths than 2017 said commissioner Ismael Herrera, head of National Traffic Operations Directorate (DNOT) on Friday, December 20 In 2018 there were 46,000 accidents, 3,000,less than in 2019 Near City of Knowledge Some 334 victims have been registered in 354 days numbers that were not reported for some years, as the tendency was for the victims to exceed the number of days. But he warns that, in the last days of the year, there is increased traffic and more units of the DNOT will be on n the streets monitoring the behavior that is generated. He called for people to celebrate with responsibility. If they are going to have intoxicating drinks they should stay in one place. Going o from house to house, from party to party and that transfer is believed to be fine and it is not so and in the end, the consequences are for third parties,” Herrera said. He said as an additional fact, that women are equaling men in cases of driving under the influence. In the 16 positive alcohol tests in recent hours the city of Panama, eight were women. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/seasonal-warning-as-traffic-deaths-fall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted December 22, 2018 Moderators Share Posted December 22, 2018 Quote Truck driver charged with culpable homicide of three workers Posted on December 21, 2018 in Panama Post Views: 168 The 21-year-old driver of the truck that killed three workers and injured another three on Via Centenario on December 18 has been charged with culpable homicide and will be in preventive detention when he leaves hospital. On Thursday in the auditorium of Nicolás A. Solano Hospital in La Chorrera, the judge of Guarantees Xavier Flores legalized the arrest and laid charges to the driver of the truck that collided with a vehicle where workers were collecting ones on the highway. The judge also admitted the prosecutor’s request for the precautionary measure of provisional detention for six months during the investigations. The hearing was held in the hospital because of the condition of the driver who is still being treated for injuries. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/truck-driver-charged-with-culpable-homicide-of-three-workers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted December 26, 2018 Moderators Share Posted December 26, 2018 Quote Highway mayhem continues through Christmas Posted on December 25, 2018 in Panama Post Views: 226 One person was killed and four injured in an early morning accident involving two vehicles, one a National Police patrol car on December 25 on the Transístmica in San José, district of Sabanitas. Colon. The injured including three police officer were taken to a medical center. Investigations have been initiated to determine responsibilities An agent of the motorcycle rapid reaction “Lynx” National police service died Monday, December 24 after being hit by a delivery truck in Las Acacias. The other member of the team was hospitalized. It was the second Lynx death in two weeks. Hit and run incidents A man in his mid-fifties was killed by a hit and run driver on the InterAmerican highway at the entrance of San Bartolo, in La Mesa Veraguas, on Christmas morning. Police caught the driver soon after. Police are looking for a taxi-driver who fled after hitting a man on Calle 50 in Panama City, on December 24, The victim is in hospital with a broken leg. Atanacio Camarena, 61, died late on Saturday night, after a collision on the Pan-American Highway at Bella Vista de Tolé, province of Chiriqui when he lost control of the car There were multiple other accidents causing injuries leading to hospitalizations, with alcohol consumption a key factor. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/highway-mayhem-continues-through-christmas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted December 27, 2018 Moderators Share Posted December 27, 2018 Moderator comment: From Twitter. Here is an unedited automated translation of the text: "An hour ago: traffic accident in front of the terronal plaza leaves two injured. It is known that a third vehicle took flight." At the bottom of this posting are the full set of images for better visibility. From these images, one would have to conclude that it was one heck of an impact for the entire front of the taxi to be missing. Quote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 With all this post holiday traffic, how can two cars be going so fast as to demolish the front ends of both...especially in this location? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Apparently the black car was racing with another vehicle when the taxi pulled out in front of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 (edited) New Year 'celebrations' on the highway have already started and normally carry on into tomorrow. This around 5:30 p.m. near Dolega. 5:45 p.m. in David Edited January 1, 2019 by Keith Woolford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 2, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 2, 2019 Quote First 2019 road death with 10 injured Posted on January 1, 2019 in Panama Post Views: 252 The first fatal traffic accident of the new year came on Tuesday, January 1 when a pickup collided with a power line in the village of Aserrío de Gariché district of Bugaba, in Chiriquí province. A man in his 40s was killed and 10 people, nine adults and one minor were injured and transferred to medical centers say provincial police authorities. They are investigating if speed was a factor in the accident https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/first-2019-road-death-with-10-injured Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Amazingly enough, statistics show that there was an 18% reduction in the number of traffic deaths in 2018 from the previous year and at 346, the lowest in over 20 years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 6, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 6, 2019 Quote One dead 8 injured in multi-vehicle pile up Posted on January 5, 2019 in Panama Post Views: 216 One person was killed and at least eight injured in a multiple vehicle pile-up on Friday afternoon in the Circunvalación de Chitré, at the entrance to the Golf Club. Five vehicles, including three trucks, were affected when Anibal Villarreal, 57, got down from his truck to direct traffic while his son maneuvered the truck loaded with zinc into a workshop. Another loaded mule with reportedly failing brakes came down a steep hill, collided with several vehicles and ran over Villarreal. Two ambulances and rescue workers attended to the injured and Public Prosecutions staff and the National Police, started an investigation https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/one-dead-8-injured-in-multi-vehicle-pile-up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) The driver of this former pickup trick blew way over on the SecoMeter after he dumped it down the ravine near the Tourist Centre and landed by the river road this afternoon. Looks like a cooler there near the wreckage. Four people injured. ..one of those moments Edited January 6, 2019 by Keith Woolford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 7, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 7, 2019 Quote Saturday road toll: 2 dead,3 injured Posted on January 6, 2019 in Panama Post Views: 166 A 25-years old motorcyclist died in hospital six hours after colliding with a taxi making an illegal turn on a double yellow line on the Cabuya road in Tocumen on Saturday afternoon. On Saturday evening one person was killed and three hospitalized when the driver of a vehicle lost control and overturned on Ave Omar Torrijos Herrera at the entrance to at the City of Knowledge. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/saturday-road-toll-2-deqd-3-injured Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 9, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 9, 2019 Quote 9 highway deaths in five days Posted on January 8, 2019 in Panama Buses collide in Arriajan Post Views: 106 Nine people did in traffic incidents on Panama roads in the first five days of 2o19 and at least double that numbered were injured. with speed listed as a major factor. A tenth person was killed near the Loteria building on AveJusto Arosemena on Tuesday afternoon, and earlier in the daythree people were injured in a collision between two coaster buses on the Arriajan-Chorrera highway https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/9-highway-deaths-in-five-days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 12, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 12, 2019 Quote Highway toll 11 deaths in first 9 days Posted on January 10, 2019 in Panama A speeding driver heading into Panama city was killed instantly when the car slammed into the abutment of a bridge on Avenida de Los Martires on the evening of Wednesday, January 9. It was the 1tth traffic fatality of the year. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/highway-toll-11-in-first-9-days-of-year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 15, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 15, 2019 Quote Four hurt in Americas Bridge pile up Posted on January 14, 2019 in Panama Post Views: 138 Four people were injured in a multi-vehicle collision on the Bridge of the Americas on Monday afternoon leading to a massive traffic jam in both directions. One of the vehicles overturned and the causes of the accident are not known. Personnel of the fire station in Howard joined units of the National Aeronaval Service (Senan) and the Unified System of Medical Care (Sume 911) at the scene. According to Google Maps, getting to the bridge from anywhere in the city could take drivers 45 minutes or more https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/four-hurt-in-americas-bridge-pile-up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 19, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 19, 2019 Quote One killed 19 injured in multi-vehicle crash Posted on January 18, 2019 in Panama Post Views: 213 Jaime “Jimmy” Arias, a member of the technical staff of the Chiriquí Athletic team was killed on Thursday, January 17 in a multi-vehicle traffic accident at 8 pm that injured 19 with nine people hospitalized The incident occurred on the Pan-American highway in David in front Super Xtra when a panel-type vehicle a bus on the Arboleda – David route, a taxi and an SUV collided The injured were aided by paramedics and the Fire Department of David and Bugaba and later transferred to the emergency rooms of the Gustavo A. Ross Polyclinic, and the Regional l José Domingo de Obaldía Hospital. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/one-killed-8-injured-in-bus-accident Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 20, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 20, 2019 Quote Speeding bus accident injures 17 passengers Posted on January 19, 2019 in Panama Post Views: 191 Seventeen passengers were injured including children and senior citizens when a packed speeding green devil (retired former school bus) traveling from Albrook to Chepo crashed shortly before reaching its destination on Friday, January 18 The injured were transferred to a regional hospital in the area. Passengers claim that the driver was racing and traveling at high speed since leaving Albrook. Earier in the week a multi-vehicle accident including a bus took the life of one passenger and sent 19 to hospital. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/speeding-bus-accident-injures-17-passengers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 21, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 21, 2019 Quote Hit and run drivers in two of four road deaths Posted on January 20, 2019 in Panama Post Views: 144 FOUR people died and two were seriously injured on Panama roads on Saturday, Jan 19, and two of the deaths were caused by hit-and-run drivers which has become a frequent occurrence in Panama, with many of the runaway drivers believed to have been impaired, without licenses or with criminal records say police sources. A man was run down in the early hours on the Pan-American highway in the Perequete sector of La Chorrera. The driver of the vehicle fled. Yaneth Aizquel Rivera Santos, 25, was killed mid- morning on the main road of El Bosque de Arraiján in Nuevo Emperador. The driver also fled. Police are investigating both incidents Witnesses heard a loud blow and watched the driver of a small white car leave at full speed. At about 3:30 in the afternoon in the sector of Palo Alto, in the corregimiento of December 24, a child under 11 years died in a collision. The boy was with his mother in one of the cars involved. The sixth-grader was taken to the Irma in Lourdes Tzanetatos Hospital in Tocumen, where he died. His mother is hospitalized. At 7.30 p.m. an elderly couple trying to cross the road were hit by a speeding sedan that threw them several meters on the José Domingo Díaz road, near Las Acacias, in Juan Díaz. The woman was killed and the seriously injured man is in hospital https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/hit-and-run-drivers-in-two-of-four-road-deaths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 25, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 25, 2019 Quote One dead, one badly hurt in Chame crash Posted 24/01/2019 A HEAD-ON collision and a mini-bus and a sedan on the Interamerican highway at Sajalices, in Chame, left one person dead and another with critical injuries on Thursday morning, January 24. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/one-dead-one-badly-hurt-in-chame-crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 26, 2019 Moderators Share Posted January 26, 2019 On 1/25/2019 at 7:49 AM, Moderator_02 said: https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/one-dead-one-badly-hurt-in-chame-crash Quote 3 traffic deaths include brother and sister Posted 25/01/2019 The toll in a head-on collision between an SUV making food deliveries and a mini-bus in Chame on Thursday January 24, was originally reported as one person killed and one critically injured. Since then, it has been revealed that a second victim died in a hospital emergency room, and two were severely injured. One remains in critical condition. Rescue authorities said that firefighters had to use ”the jaws of life” (hydraulic tweezers) to release the wounded who were trapped in the wreckage. Paramedics of SUME 911, the Fire Department and the Civil Protection System (Sinaproc) arrived to assist. The seriously injured were taken by ambulance to the Regional Hospital Nicolás A. Solano in La Chorrera. The dead victims were passengers in the bus; Everardo de La Cruz,28, who died at the accident site and his sister Maryi,20,who died at the hospital. According to witnesses the driver of the truck left his lane and crossed the ditch between the roads:the impact overturned both vehicles with the truck in the ditch and the busito on the road. So far in 2019 there have been six deaths due to traffic accidents in Panama-West. On the same day, Marcelino Ureña Pinzón, 25, lost his life after the vehicle, he was driving crashed into a power line post in the Pueblo Nuevo sector of Santiago. https://newsroompanama.com/news/3-traffic-deaths-include-brother-and-sister Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted February 5, 2019 Moderators Share Posted February 5, 2019 Quote Speed crash injures10 including child and baby Posted 04/02/2019 Five people, including a 10-year-old and an infant of 8 months were rushed to hospital on Sunday, February 3 after in a collision and roll over on Via Centenario. Speed was reported to be the cause. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/speed-crash-injures10-including-child-and-baby-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 (edited) Terrible crash site was located this morning between Paso Canoas and Renacimiento where a pickup truck had gone over a precipice. Four family members are dead, one 7-year old minor survived. They had been missing since Wednesday. Edited February 15, 2019 by Keith Woolford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted February 16, 2019 Moderators Share Posted February 16, 2019 Quote 7-year-old survives cliff crash that killed four. The survivor (left) and two victims Posted 15/02/2019 A seven- year- old child was found alive in a wrecked car on Friday, Feb. 15 with the bodies of four family members who were reported missing on Wednesday. The vehicle was found by units of the National Border Service (Senafront at the foot of a cliff, in Fila de Cal on the road that leads from Rio Sereno to La Frontera de Paso Canoas The Senafront patrol saw track marks leading to the cliff edge and when they stopped they heard a child cry. They gave first aid to the boy and a Senafront ambulance took him to Pablo Espinoza polyclinic in the Bugaba district. His condition is still unknown. Firefighters Senafront and other rescue teams removed the bodies of Mirka Miranda, 30; her son Abdel Atencio, 10, years Romi Miranda, 59; Julio Martínez, 60. The survivor is Asbel Atencio, 7. Initially, authorities had the dead people listed as missing after the husband of Mirka Miranda and father of two children had filed a complaint when they failed to return to their residence in Flor de Dolega, after a family visit in Río Sereno in Renacimiento. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/7-year-old-survives-cliff-crash-that-killed-four Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted February 16, 2019 Moderators Share Posted February 16, 2019 Quote Octogenarian killed by police car in parking lot Posted 15/02/2019 Diomedez Barría, 85n died on Thursday afternoon, February 14 when he was run over by a National Police (PN)patrol vehicle car in front of the Minsa health center in the Tolé district of Chiriqui province. According to an official report, the accident occurred when a PN pickup driven by a police corporal unit tried to back up from where it was parked in the health center and at that time the victim walked behind. He was transferred to the hospital in San Felix where he was pronounced dead. authorities have initiated investigations into the incident which took place during the driver’s working hours. The death raises the victims of a traffic accident so far this year in the province of Chiriqui to 10. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/octogenarian-killed-by-police-car-in-parking-lot-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted February 16, 2019 Moderators Share Posted February 16, 2019 Quote One dead two critically hurt on Bridge of Americas Posted 15/02/2019 Another fatal car crash on the Bridge if the Americas left two people severely injured and caused massive early morning traffic jam on Friday, February 15. The incident occurred, when a driver heading into Panama City lost control and crossed into the opposite lane colliding with a vehicle traveling towards Panama West. Three people were taken to the Santo Tomás Hospital, where one was declared dead. The other two are in critical condition. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/one-dead-two-critically-hurt-on-bridge-of-americas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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