Impaired truck driver sends four to hospital

A TRUCK DRIVER  who recorded an over the limit  reading  on a police breathalyser, sent four people to  hospital, when he collided with a taxi on Saturday, May 6. One of the injured is in critical condition.

The  collision took place on the Pan-American highway at the entrance to San Juan, in Pacora, at 9:00 p.m.

The 44-year-old  driver of the Freightliner  truck, registered 80 micrograms per deciliter in on the breathalyser said a police source.

The Nissan Sentra taxi was demolished.  Paulina Peréz 55, is in  stable condition  at Santo Tomas hospital, and her  14-year-old son is at the Hospital del Nino.

Another seriously injured  unidentified passenger is out of danger at the Hospital San Miguel Árcangel.

The same evening the driver of a speeding sedan was killed  at Costa Esmeralda, San Carlos district.

Authorities are investigating whether the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel.