A high-ranking officer in the National Police, General Juan Ramon de la Cruz Martinez, was killed early yesterday morning, Monday 13 January, when his car crashed into road barriers over a bridge and slid down to the river. El Dia reported that his son, First Lieutenant Oliver de la Cruz Rodriguez, lost control of the Toyota Prado he was driving when a tire blew out, sliding into the Jatubey River near Sabana del Puerto. The vehicle was totaled.
His son, wife, and security guard who were with him were initially hospitalized in the Juan Bosch Trauma Hospital in La Vega before being transported to the Armed Forces Hospital in Santo Domingo where they are recovering from their injuries.
Cruz Martinez served as police spokesman and director general of Prisons. At the time of his death he was the director of the South Cibao Regional Command, based in Bonao.
Police chief Major General Manuel Castro Castillo suspended his activities for the day and expressed regret at the accident, describing it as a tragedy and stating that they had lost a great policeman.
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