Police Captain killed, 8 injured by  impaired driver

A member of National Aeronaval Service (Senan)  who failed a breathalyzer test and attempted to flee the scene of a triple vehicle accident that killed a National Police captain and sent eight people to hospital will “not be allowed” to damage the name of the service.

The agent  Miguel Ángel Ortega was traveling, with a woman and her daughter. n the Pan-American Highway, between the El Caño and Santa Lucía communities, in Cocle province on Saturday night January 18  when he lost control of the vehicle and collided head-on with a sedan driven by  Captain, Héctor Sánchez,33  a member of the Superior Police Institute (ISPOL) of Veraguas.

Sanchez died from the collision, while the woman and her daughter suffered fractures. The younger woman was transferred to a hospital in the City of Chitré to undergo surgery.

The Senan issued a statement saying that actions are being coordinated with the Public Ministry and the National Police.

“The National Aeronaval Service reaffirms that it will not allow its members to affect the good name of  the institution.”