According to a report released yesterday afternoon, Wednesday 27 April 2016, a total of 36 people have lost their lives and another 60 have been seriously injured on the Las Americas Highway over the last 16 months.
Excess speed, recklessness, motorcycle racing, lack of illumination and the poor condition of some stretches of the expressway are the main factors that lead to accidents and bring tragedy to so many families.
The most recent fatal accident occurred on 25 April 2016, when a passenger bus from Boca Chica plunged into the sea and in which lawyer Paola Restituyo Arias lost her life. She was returning from her graduation from the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo accompanied by her 14-year-old daughter when a small bus crashed into her private vehicle. Nine other people were hurt in the accident.
