Journalist Juan Bolivar Diaz and his wife Ada Wiscovich were injured in an accident on the Duarte highway near Bonao yesterday, Thursday 22 August. Diaz was traveling to Santiago where he was due to give a lecture. The accident occurred at Km. 56 of the Duarte Highway, near Piedra Blanca. Diaz is the press director at Teleantillas, Channel 2. He received first aid at the Piedra Blanca public hospital before being taken by helicopter ambulance to the Intensive Care Unit at Cedimat in Santo Domingo by order of President Danilo Medina. He suffered trauma to his thorax, contusion and fracture of the scapula. The vehicle is reported to have skidded due to the heavy rains.
Dr. Bernardo Defillo said that the couple’s condition was not critical but they would remain in the hospital for observation.
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