Another accident because of the bad road between Sosua and Cabarete

windeguy

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PUERTO PLATA.- Eight people were injured when a minibus loaded with passengers overturned due to the poor state of the road that links the tourist communities of Sosúa and Cabarete, in the eastern part of this Atlantic province.

The road accident occurred on the Coconut Palms-Perla Marina stretch of highway, almost opposite the entrance of the Bombite sector of Cabarete, when one that covers the public transportation route Puerto Plata-Río San Juan, suffered a rollover after one of the front tires blew out.

http://detrasdelrumor.com.do/volcad...ltrecha-carretera-que-une-a-sosua-y-cabarete/
 

windeguy

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The section of road from Coconut Palms ( or whatever its latest name is) heading west towards Sosua has pot holes that cause drivers to ride over the center line. The entire section of road from Cabarete to Puerto Plata needs to be repaved. Accidents happen on that section, especially near Coconut Palms, all of the time.
 

chico bill

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The good news no one was killed and the passengers were all relatively young so with halfway decent medical treatment will survive.
If the money were there the road could be fixed in a week. Grind it, fix underlying problems in the base, oil it and pave it with a paving machine.
The paving done in DR never fixes weak base, never uses enough binder and asphalt is often placed cold and even over wet a base course - all recipes for potholes to return in weeks.
 

windeguy

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That stretch of road is claiming on average one life per month.

Obviously not enough to get it repaved properly.

Last night, in something that could be related, I understand there was another "Asphalt Scandal" mentioned in the news regarding Cabarete.
 

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That is the most dangerous section of Highway 5 on the North Coast. When sewers were installed, they never replaced the 5’ of asphalt on the west bound side. This section of road claims an average of 1 life per month, including the baseball player several years ago and the 9 lives in the guagua 15 months ago and 2 last week with the head-on with the Lifestyles bus.
 

chico bill

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That is the most dangerous section of Highway 5 on the North Coast. When sewers were installed, they never replaced the 5’ of asphalt on the west bound side. This section of road claims an average of 1 life per month, including the baseball player several years ago and the 9 lives in the guagua 15 months ago and 2 last week with the head-on with the Lifestyles bus.

I thought the baseball player was killed West of Charamico?
 

windeguy

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I thought the baseball player was killed West of Charamico?

The baseball player was killed very close to where the recent accident was. He was killed almost across from what was called Coconut Palms (at the entrance to Encuentro) at that time.
 

windeguy

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Anyone have a link to a news report for this accident involving lifestyles?

That was actually a murder/suicide according to local reports. The man deliberately hit the bus carrying Lifestyles workers to kill himself and the girl. (Love triangle/incest mess like Woody Allen.)

The deliberate nature of that crash does not diminish other problems caused the poor conditions on that part of the road in any way.
 

chico bill

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The baseball player was killed very close to where the recent accident was. He was killed almost across from what was called Coconut Palms (at the entrance to Encuentro) at that time.
OK. I was wrong from day one on the location then. The wreck in his red Camero that killed his GF too right?

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That was actually a murder/suicide according to local reports. The man deliberately hit the bus carrying Lifestyles workers to kill himself and the girl. (Love triangle/incest mess like Woody Allen.)

The deliberate nature of that crash does not diminish other problems caused the poor conditions on that part of the road in any way.

Ay Ay, don't tarnish the name of the victim (the 18 yr old)

No reports so far say she was involved in any sexual relationship with her step-father .

What the reports say is that her mother (the assasins wife) wanted to leave him, (had filed for divorce ) and his last communication to the mother was that he would hit her where it hurt the most by taking the life of her daughter.

The others say it was just an accident (Keep in mind the man is a famous local radio owner, so maybe local media is on his side)

But no reports that I have seen say anything about a love triangle Woody Allen style

http://hoy.com.do/muerte-de-periodista-y-su-hijastra-en-carretera-sosua-accidente-o-suicidio/
 

windeguy

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Ay Ay, don't tarnish the name of the victim (the 18 yr old)

No reports so far say she was involved in any sexual relationship with her step-father .

What the reports say is that her mother (the assasins wife) wanted to leave him, (had filed for divorce ) and his last communication to the mother was that he would hit her where it hurt the most by taking the life of her daughter.

The others say it was just an accident (Keep in mind the man is a famous local radio owner, so maybe local media is on his side)

But no reports that I have seen say anything about a love triangle Woody Allen style

http://hoy.com.do/muerte-de-periodista-y-su-hijastra-en-carretera-sosua-accidente-o-suicidio/

Sorry. That must have been added by the local gossip trail.