5 traffic deaths in separate incidents

FIVE TRAFFIC  deaths were registered in Panama in separate incidents  on the weekend three of them in less than  15 hours in Panama West bringing the total so far this year to 357.

The first occurred at about 1:00 am Sunday morning on the PanAmerican highway, in front of the  Malambo Orphanage in Cerro Silvestre Arraijan. A woman of unknown age  was  hit by a car driven by another woman.

At 2:20 pm on Sunday at the Pan-American Highway, near the headquarters of the Fire Department of Guadalupe in La Chorrera,  a 45-year-old cyclist Enrique Cedeño  was struck and killed.

At almost the same time , on the Arraiján La Chorrera highway Robinson Ramos Ramos, 19, who was driving a pick-up from Ocú loaded with yuccas, from Ocú to the food market. When he stopped and parked to  check  a noise from a front wheel

He was hit and killed by a sedan whose  driver accelerated and drove away. The car was The body of the youth was released chased and intercepted by several drivers. The suspect was found to be  under the influence of alcohol.

Meanwhile in Colon a 51-year old driver of a truck carrying water tank was killed when he swerved to avoid  a busito. A busito was also involved in an incident on the Pan-American Highway in Santiago when a 42-year-old mother and her three-year old son were hit by a speeding car.

In Colon there was a spectacular accident that sent six to hospital with serious injuries when two speeding taxis collided on a busy highway.