Bad Accident on Duarte Highway

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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.

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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...
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MariaRubia

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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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MariaRubia said:
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.
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Because life is cheaper than road repairs it seems. But there can be no doubt excessive speed was the cause
 
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chico bill said:
Wow you have to be going over 100mph for that kind of damage
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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.
 
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MariaRubia said:
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.
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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.
 
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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 .
 
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Buzz65 said:
So, you are a "rider"?
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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.
 
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