Weekend Highway toll – 4 deaths 62 injured and a shooting

During the long weekend there were 4 deaths and 62 injuries resulting from 242 traffic accidents.

There was a shoot out on the highway near Arraijan  on Tuesday morning when a man was attacked by unknown persons and the vehicle in which he was traveling fell into a ditch  causing a huge traffic jam while it was removed

The wounded man was treated at the Blas Gómez Chetro polyclinic in Arraiján.

The assailants fled the scene and have not been caught.

Arsenio Santos, from the traffic police, reported that 5,112 tickets were, of which 1,095 were for speeding, 639 for disregarding signs, 132 for proven drunkenness, 16 for alcoholic breath, and 47 for driving while talking on the phone.