Manslaughter charge for truck driver who killed mother and sons

THE DRIVER  of an articulated truck that killed a mother and her two sons when she was taking them to school in Veraguas has been charged with aggravated manslaughter but will not face preventive detention after a judge of guarantees ruled that he report to authorities twice a month while police investigations continue.

Roger Rujano, 44,  driver of the truck that ran over Magdalena Boniche and  Erick Abdiel, 9. and Anthony Núñez 7 on the inter-American Highway in El Higo de la Mesa.on  Monday, October 8,  was guarded by relatives and avoided media when he appeared at the indictment hearing on  Tuesday.

Judge Iris Marquéz Mojica legalized the arrest and charged him with aggravated manslaughter however the precautionary measure was notification of 15 and 30 of each month.

Anabelia Morales, Municipal Comptroller of the La Mesa district, who represented the Public Prosecutor’s Office, had requested preventive detention.