Justice of Peace facing trial after running down agent

A judge of  guarantees accepted  on Wednesday, June 12 May  imputation of  a crime of personal injuries by Barú,Justice of the Peace  Mercedes Guerra González, for a May 1 incident  when she ran down a 35-year-old-year-old year-old  security guard and failed to stop.

A video of the incident outrage  in Las Arenas, Bari, Chiriqui  went viral in Panama.The judge of guarantees decreed  a six- month investigative process. No precautionary measures were imposed.

After the incident appeared on social medias Guerra Gonzalez  denied that she was drunk and that she wanted to escape, after running over the agent at the entrance of a petro terminal.

According to her  version , the incident occurred  because the brakes of the car she was driving failed  and she could not maneuver to avoid rolling over the

She added that she flashed  the car lights to the security agent, as a way of pointing out that she had problems.

According to Guerra, she never wanted to flee and was responsible for what happened. She  was accompanied by her mother and 8-year-old daughter

The victim  asked the authorities of the Transit Police to apply a  breathalyzer test to the driver , but  the units said they did not have  the alcohol  sensor alcohol at hand, which  led to an internal investigation to clarify the facts and the responsibility of the units in the application of the test reports La Critica.