Eight people were killed and 34 were injured in a crash between a Hyundai bus and a dump truck on the old road between Veron and Higuey yesterday evening, Thursday 16 October 2014. Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) spokesman Diego Pesqueira said the bus was transporting employees of the Dreams resort in Cabeza de Toro who were returning to the city of Higuey.
Douglas Borrel, spokesman for the Military and Police Commission of the Ministry of Public Works in charge of highway patrols said that the accident happened because the truck was badly parked and the minibus slammed into it. The accident also caused a major bottleneck on the eastern road.
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