At around 8 am today one of the biggest transit accidents in the history of the DR happened on km 35 between La Romana and Higuey, in the area called "La Represa".
Al menos veinte muertos en un accidente en Higüey - DiarioLibre.com
Al least twenty people died and an indetermined number resulted wounded as a result of an accident between two buses, one full of tourists, in the Heredia community, next to the dam near La Romana.
The authorities of the Public Health, ambulances of the ex-senator for Hig?ey, Amiable Aristy Castro, were dispatched to the scene to assist the wounded.
Reports from the place indicates that there is scattered bodies without heads, arms, and other body parts. Several of the deceased are tourists.
Several victims were catched in the wreckage of the buses.
The director od Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET), brigadier general Miguel Mahfoud Rodriguez, described the accident as ?terrible?.
?Until now we have confirmed more or less twenty deaths?, said in the morning radio program.
He explained that one bus of SIPROCHOLA that went to San Pedro de Macor?s coming from Hig?ey hit otherone than was on a way to Bavaro, full of tourists.
He said that at present an operative to rescue the wounded is "gigantic".
He added that the transit on that route is interrupted and the traffic jam has been created in the area.
Al menos veinte muertos en un accidente en Higüey - DiarioLibre.com
Al least twenty people died and an indetermined number resulted wounded as a result of an accident between two buses, one full of tourists, in the Heredia community, next to the dam near La Romana.
The authorities of the Public Health, ambulances of the ex-senator for Hig?ey, Amiable Aristy Castro, were dispatched to the scene to assist the wounded.
Reports from the place indicates that there is scattered bodies without heads, arms, and other body parts. Several of the deceased are tourists.
Several victims were catched in the wreckage of the buses.
The director od Metropolitan Transit Authority (AMET), brigadier general Miguel Mahfoud Rodriguez, described the accident as ?terrible?.
?Until now we have confirmed more or less twenty deaths?, said in the morning radio program.
He explained that one bus of SIPROCHOLA that went to San Pedro de Macor?s coming from Hig?ey hit otherone than was on a way to Bavaro, full of tourists.
He said that at present an operative to rescue the wounded is "gigantic".
He added that the transit on that route is interrupted and the traffic jam has been created in the area.