Drinking and driving warning as 5 injured in overloaded vehicle

AUTHORITIES  reiterated warnings against  drinking and driving after a vehicle,with beer bottles scattered  inside, crashed  into a ditch, injuring  eight people. Five were transported to hospital, and three refused treatment.

The accident took place Sunday  morning, February 21, on the Arraiján-La Chorrera highway  one of the prime accident sites in Panama Province . The vehicle was heading to Panama City. The injured were assisted by members of the Fire Department of Panama and taken to the Nicolas A. Solano, Hospial in La Chorrera reports La Prensa.

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