Three dead, four injured in Carnival exodus

THE FIRST  fatalies in the 2013 carnival migration from Panama City occurred early on Saturday February 9.

 An 82 year old man died from injures received at 6 am in an accident in  Espavé, in the  district of Chepo. and the 911 Emergency Management program reported  two people (a man and a woman) killed and three seriously injured in a three car collision on the Corridor North near Clayton at 8,50 am. The injured were taken to hospital. A fourth injured person was said to be in stable condition.

Traffic police booked 1,341 drivers on  the first full day of Carnival.

Speeding tickets were handed out to 406, drivers and  and 25 were booked for  drunk driving. In addition, 63 vehicles were towed.