Traffic to the Las Americas International Airport from Santo Domingo was affected on Tuesday, 27 March 2018, after a large freight truck was involved in a road mishap during the early morning of Tuesday. The cargo vehicle slid off the road and stuck between the retaining wall and the tunnel under the Juan Carlos Bridge that leads to the outskirts of Santo Domingo. Only one lane was left open for traffic. Heavy rains were falling at the time of the accident.
Two of four lanes in the west-east direction were closed to traffic causing major bottlenecks. Hundreds of commuters heading east to start their vacation were delayed.
The driver was said to be injured and was taken to the Dario Contreras Trauma Hospital on Las Americas Expressway.
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Listin Diario
28 March 2018
