Bad Accident on Duarte Highway

[NALs]

This is how the car in the accident on Duarte Highway looked like. Took me some time to notice it was a Toyota, don't know the model. This was last Sunday night in Villa Altagracia. Only one survivor taken to a hospital and the other two died trapped in the car. All are from Santo Domingo.

More photos in the link.

Aparatoso accidente en Villa Altagracia - Acontecer Dominicano

La noche del pasado domingo alrededor de las 10:30, tres personas fallecieron y una resultó gravemente lesionada cuando que el carro en el que iban, un Toyota color negro se deslizara y luego cayera desde una gran altura en la Duarte, en Villa Altagracia. El que resultó lesionado fue...

acontecer-dominicano.com

 

[chico bill]

Wow you have to be going over 100mph for that kind of damage

 

[irishpaddy]

it should be left on the side of the road as a reminder

 

[MariaRubia]

The article in Spanish said that there is a defect in the road which causes cars to skid to the right, then drop down the embankment towards Villa Altagracia. There have been several accidents. I wonder why it doesn't occur to anyone to fix this defect before someone else dies. There were actually three dead in this accident and 1 in hospital.

 

[flyinroom]

From the condition of the car it looks as though the driver may have been the sole survivor.
Not an enviable position to be in.

 

[CristoRey]

Another sad reminder of why I don't drive down here.
RIP.

 

[irishpaddy]

From the condition of the car it looks as though the driver may have been the sole survivor.
Not an enviable position to be in.

Im sure his passengers would not mind swapping positions

 

[Drperson]

it is another reminder of how important it is to drive slowly in this country.Maybe because I i am older or maybe because I drove a motercycle here fo rmany years , I really do not drive fast and it has prevented quite a few mishaps for me.

 

[Seamonkey]

Speed kills. No sympathy from my part. Idiots.

 

[NanSanPedro]

It's much more that speed, it's reckless driving.

 

[chico bill]

The article in Spanish said that there is a defect in the road which causes cars to skid to the right, then drop down the embankment towards Villa Altagracia. There have been several accidents. I wonder why it doesn't occur to anyone to fix this defect before someone else dies. There were actually three dead in this accident and 1 in hospital.

Because life is cheaper than road repairs it seems. But there can be no doubt excessive speed was the cause

 

[flyinroom]

Im sure his passengers would not mind swapping positions

But...
They can't.
Can they?

 

[Buzz65]

Another sad reminder of why I don't drive down here.
RIP.

So, you are a "rider"?

 

[JD Jones]

It's much more that speed, it's reckless driving.

Hammer, meet nail.

People who don't know how to drive, driving too fast.

 

[Big]

Wow you have to be going over 100mph for that kind of damage

well, you certainly don't need a metallurgist to say that damage was not done at 35 miles an hour.
Actually, It sounds like the vehicle fell from the top of the bridge to the lower road.

 

[Peterj]

The article in Spanish said that there is a defect in the road which causes cars to skid to the right, then drop down the embankment towards Villa Altagracia. There have been several accidents. I wonder why it doesn't occur to anyone to fix this defect before someone else dies. There were actually three dead in this accident and 1 in hospital.

Dominicans always blame it on other things because they are the best drivers in the world.
Of course the lack (or absent) of education and not adapting to situations plays a big role.

 

[jd426]

If the Street is Banked (angled ) the wrong direction, and Dominican Streets are notorious for this , because I guess they assume water Drainage is more important , it does not take much in a Curve to cause a Rollover and this kind of Damage . I agree he was speeding ,but it would not take more than 80 MPH to do it ..
The Deadly car crash which killed that Baseball Player ? in Cabarete,,, Tight turn , about 70 MPH, Road is banked wrong , car went airborne , and hit a 3 foot diameter tree. Good night .

 

[chico bill]

Hammer, meet nail.

People who don't know how to drive, driving too fast.

Hammerhead meets nail

 

[CristoRey]

So, you are a "rider"?

Indeed I am.
I prefer to be in a bus and I am probably the only passenger using his seat belt. Odds of surviving an accident are much higher than if I were on the back of Jose's motorbike or riding with 8 other people in a Toyota Camery down a winding mountain road in the pouring down rain.
I was almost killed in a head on collision Spring of '92 so I'm a little paranoid when it comes to idiots on the road.

 

[Sol09]

The roads here are not designed to be driven at high velocity.