{"id":123547,"date":"2019-03-05T13:20:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T13:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.do\/?p=123547"},"modified":"2019-03-06T10:45:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T10:45:39","slug":"soccer-players-die-in-jarabacoa-road-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/03\/05\/soccer-players-die-in-jarabacoa-road-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer players die in Jarabacoa road tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.do\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Soccer-players-Listin-Diario.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123572\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Soccer-players-Listin-Diario.png 393w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Soccer-players-Listin-Diario-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><figcaption>Photo: List\u00edn Diario<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday night, 3 March 2019, five Haitian soccer players died and 38 were injured in a traffic accident on the Jarabacoa-La Vega <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">road,<\/g> when a bus full of passengers fell off a bridge. News reports say that the driver of the bus and another person were the only Dominicans accompanying the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regional health director for Central Cibao, Freddy Abba confirmed that of the 38 injured 22 were taken to the Luis Morillo King Public Hospital, along with the deceased, and 16 went to the Juan Bosch Trauma Hospital. He said that several had serious and life-threatening head injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those who died were Haitians and it appears they were returning to Maimon, Monse\u00f1or Nouel after competing in Jarabacoa. They were identified as Peterson Clermont, Calix David, Jacques Joseph, Eventz Julmist. Joanes Augustin also died in the Morillo King Hospital in La Vega.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accident occurred in the El Puerto de Jarabacoa area, when the driver lost control and the bus crashed into a tree. Reportedly, the bus driver was speeding and the bus was in deteriorated condition, including its aging tires. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president of the Sporting Football Club Maim\u00f3n, Celsius Amiscar called for an investigation of the 30-year old driver, Eddy Evaristo Peralta Gonz\u00e1lez. Reports are that the driver ejected himself from the bus, saving himself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/hoy.com.do\/posibles-causas-de-accidente-en-jarabacoa-que-dejo-cinco-muertos\/\">Hoy<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/elnacional.com.do\/se-eleva-a-cinco-cifra-muertos-en-accidente\/\">El&nbsp;Nacional<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2019\/03\/04\/556006\/identifican-a-los-5-muertos-en-accidente-en-jarabacoa\">Listin&nbsp;Diario<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/la-republica\/2019\/03\/04\/555992\/cuatro-haitianos-muertos-y-39-heridos-en-accidente-jarabacoa\">Listin&nbsp;Diario<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/hoy.com.do\/53-personas-fueron-atendidas-por-accidente-en-carretera-jarabacoa-la-vega-varios-podrian-ser-dados-de-alta-en-proximas-horas\/\">Hoy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5 March 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday night, 3 March 2019, five Haitian soccer players died and 38 were injured in a traffic accident on the Jarabacoa-La Vega road, when a bus full of passengers fell off a bridge. News reports say that the driver of the bus and another person were the only Dominicans accompanying the team. The regional &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2019\/03\/05\/soccer-players-die-in-jarabacoa-road-tragedy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[154,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123547"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123573,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123547\/revisions\/123573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}