18 dead in an accident on nagua-sanchez road

Drperson

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So terrible . Yesteday ,Coming back from santiago to puerto plata the car infront of me decided to do a u turn in the middle of the highway.
We slammed on our brakes. There was a bus right behind us. We escaped luckily but this happens to frequently.
You are nuts to drive fast in this country.
 

Expat13

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So terrible . Yesteday ,Coming back from santiago to puerto plata the car infront of me decided to do a u turn in the middle of the highway.
We slammed on our brakes. There was a bus right behind us. We escaped luckily but this happens to frequently.
You are nuts to drive fast in this country.

Adds credence to that other thread of worst educated in LA.
 

bachata

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The location mentioned suggests on the long straight after the turns to Las Terrenas toll and El Catey on the way to Sanchez.

If so, that's the second really bad bus accident for Samana folk in a year. RIP

Cruce Rincon De Molenillos, Nagua... So sad I know some faithful Christian in that area... I used to do business with them back in the days.

RIP

JJ
 

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Cruce Rincon De Molenillos, Nagua... So sad I know some faithful Christian in that area... I used to do business with them back in the days.

RIP

JJ

Reports suggest it was at Cruz de Majagua, km 9 Sanchez to Nagua .......at end of the long straight and up the hill with fast bends. Dodgy during daytime due to the aggregate trucks.

http://mapasamerica.dices.net/dominicana/mapa.php?nombre=Cruce-La-Majagua&id=28078

http://www.listindiario.com/la-repu...-heridos-en-accidente-carretera-sanchez-nagua

Not nice.
 

bachata

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Reports suggest it was at Cruz de Majagua, km 9 Sanchez to Nagua .......at end of the long straight and up the hill with fast bends. Dodgy during daytime due to the aggregate trucks.

http://mapasamerica.dices.net/dominicana/mapa.php?nombre=Cruce-La-Majagua&id=28078

http://www.listindiario.com/la-repu...-heridos-en-accidente-carretera-sanchez-nagua

Not nice.

Oh yeah, I know very well that long straight... I used to speed up on my way back from Samana to Nagua in the evenings before the sunset.

JJ
 

CristoRey

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Not sure about Sanchez but in the outlying campos around Nagua,
its quite common for large pickup or flat bed trucks to sweep through
and pick up as many people as the can (usually on the weekends) to
wisk all of them off to church because there is no public transportation
available out there after 6pm. Very sad. Eighteen dead is a lot of people
to lose at once.
RIP x 18
 

Hillbilly

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Amet now says that it was the tractor/trailor (patana) that was in the wrong lane.
They say that the driver will be charges when he gets out of the hospital.
The full story is in the Diario Libre.

HB
 

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Driver is facing 3 years imprisonment:

Samana crash driver faces three-year sentence

The driver of the truck last Saturday collided with another vehicle, killing 16 people in Samana, could face imprisonment of up to 3 years, according to item 3 of Article 49 of Law 241sobre Transit Vehicles.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET) reported yesterday that a commission that investigated the fact determined that the collision occurred by a rebase that made Ronald Liriano, who was driving the truck Mack.

Meanwhile, this morning the journalist Diego Pesqueira, AMET spokesman, said that Liriano will be brought to justice for violating that provision.

He explained that Liriano is internal, but as soon improve their health conditions will be made available to justice. He also reiterated that are 16 dead and that so far no information that another person has died.

computer translation of: http://elnacional.com.do/chofer-de-choque-en-samana-enfrenta-pena-de-tres-anos/