On Tuesday, 6 February, one person died and at least ten were injured, some seriously, in an accident involving a minibus and another vehicle on the Otra Banda-Veron road, near Los Burritos, in La Altagracia province. One of the injured was the minibus driver. The injured were taken to the Nuestra Señora de La Altagracia Hospital in Higuey.
The collision caused a big traffic jam on the road from the hotels to the Punta Cana airport. The collision was between a truck-commuter that lost control and skidded into the minibus that had around 16 bus drivers on board who were returning from working in the tourist area.
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Diario Libre
Al Momento
7 February 2018
