Light justice for drunk truck driver in paramedic death

The sister of a paramedic who was killed by a drunk driver behind the wheel of a truck on June 1  is protesting the light precautionary measures  applied to the driver while the victim’s children are receiving psychological counseling on Father’s  Day

“We do not understand how our brother’s case, where a drunk  person driving a heavy equipment (truck), with an inadequate license, could not be given  a stronger precautionary measure,” said Noris Villarreal  who traveled from Chiriqui to Panama on the eve of Fathers day air her concerns on TV.

Luis Antonio Villarreal, 911 Emergency Technician of 911 died in a traffic accident on the road to the port of Vacamonte, in West Panama, when he was heading home to take  his family to travel to Chiriqui, his homeland.

The paramedic was driving a taxi when a truck hit him from behind and killed him. The driver of the truck , according to Transit Police, was drunk.

“This person is in his house and he only has to go to sign periodically, he was forbidden to leave the province and his license was withdrawn. That does not mean he’s not going to take a car, go for drinks and kill someone, “she said.

She  complained that why in the case of the woman who died on May 5 in a collision on  the Bridge of the Americas in which the  daughter was injured a drunk driver was also involved, he was given a much stronger  precautionary measure (detention)

With the measure,  against the man who killed her brother she said , a bad message is being sent: “The message is that I can drink, I get in a car, I get drunk, I hit and kill someone and and I go home.”

She said that the laws should be toughened so that people are afraid to drive while intoxicated.

She  added that Luis  the father of two saved many lives. His children and family are receiving psychological counselling.