Two sisters, aged 6 and 13 years, were killed on 23 May 2017, when they were hit by a vehicle when trying to cross the Sánchez Highway at the exit of Azua in the southwest of the country. Leidy and Carolina de los Santos were struck by a car driven by Sojailin Altagracia González Acosta, a professor at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD), Barahona campus.
The accident happened in front of the girls’ father, who was waiting for them on the other side of the road. The professor handed herself over to the authorities and was detained at the police station in Azua.
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Al Momento
24 May 2017
