The Center for Emergency Operations (COE) said 29-year old Emmanuel Hernández, 52-year old María Jerez Peña and 40-year old Asony Denoe died in the Friday, 10 May 2019 crash between a passenger bus and a truck. There are several injured in the accident. The COE says defective tires on the truck caused the accident. According to preliminary reports, the driver of the truck lost control after a blow out of one of the truck tires.
The Listín Diario reports that on the El Número stretch of the Azua-Peravia province road where the accident occurred there have been at least 10 people have died in fatal traffic accidents.
13 May 2019