6 dead 18 injured in first hours of carnival
CARNIVAL celebrations in Panama are also a time of mourning for many families with the seemingly inevitable carnage on the country’s highways.
This year, six people were killed and 18 injured in transit accidents scattered across the country
Two men died and six people were injured after a head-on collision between a car and pickup truck opposite the American University on Domingo Diaz, Panama City
A man in was killed and three people injured when a speeding vehicle rolled over at El Espino, La Chorrera
In Cocle, on the road to La Pintada, a cyclist was hit and killed by an unidentified vehicle..
One person was killed and four injured on Via Boyd, Colon when a truck collided with a sedan, and another person was killed on Ave Boyd Roosevelt in Buena Vista in a collision between a private bus and a panel van.
The beefed up Joint Task Force (FTC), watching out for bad driving during carnival said that all the events have occurred outside the coverage area of the Carnival.
Preliminary reports from the FTC eveal that in the first 12 hours of Carnival a total of 22 drivers were detained for driving under the influence of alcohol.
