No seatbelts – two dead one critical
TWO men without seatbelts were killed in Chiriqui when the driver lost control and the speeding car crashed into a ditch in the early hours of Wednesday, June 20.
A Colombian Yahani Fabián Aristizabal Restrepo, 25, and Panamanian Andrés Beitia Rodríguez, 30, died on the spot.
Álvaro Salinas, 25, the third occupant of the vehicle, is in critical condition at the David Regional Hospital.
The accident at 3.30 a.m., was in front of the offices of the San Lorenzo Municipal Ombudsman, on the Pan-American highway.
Over 150 people have died in Panama highway accidents so far this year.
