For the second time in four months, the Mayor of Santo Domingo has been involved in an automobile accident. According to Robert del Castillo, press officer to Mayor Johnny Ventura, his honor had a "tremendous scare," and held "a discussion in an elevated tone of voice" with the other vehicle’s driver. No one was hurt in the incident, but the gray Lexus SUV in which the mayor was being driven sustained "considerable damage." City Hall wouldn’t release details concerning the identity of the other vehicle’s driver, nor specify the scene of the accident, which took place "a few minutes after 4:00 p.m." on Friday as the mayor was on route to an interview at the offices of Hoy, one of the major morning newspapers. This past December, as he was being driven in his official vehicle, Ventura was struck by another vehicle while traversing the busy intersection of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy Avenues, the city’s two widest thoroughfares.
