On Monday afternoon, 17 September 2018, a freight trailer killed two 15-year old students in Haina. The truck was traveling on a secondary road to avoid paying the toll, according to the families of the victims. Darlin Alfredo and Ismael Rojas were on their way to school on a motorcycle when they were hit by the truck. The teenagers were in the second year of the High School, José Francisco Peña Gómez, in La Pared in Haina.
According to Ramón Rojas, father of Ismael, the drivers of such vehicles often take that route so that they do not have to pay the RD$358 toll at the toll booth of the Circunvalación Sur road. He said that it was not the first time it had happened and asked the authorities to take action against the driver.
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Listin Diario
19 September 2018
