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Road rage leads to injury and death

Edgar Leito and Yulisa Merdily / Diario Libre

An unknown man killed a young 24-year old woman and seriously injured her partner following an argument that was caused by a traffic incident on the George Washington Avenue (Malecón) in Santo Domingo.

The victim was identified as Yulissa Merdily Acosta Parra, who was killed by a shot to the head, and her partner, 32-year old Edgar Leito, is currently in hospital with a shot to the shoulder.

The incident took place when the cars scraped each other and the driver of the other car shot at their vehicle while driving on the Malecón, almost at the corner of Espaillat after coming out of a casino.
The perpetrator fled the scene.

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15 May 2018