The celebrations of Christmas Eve and the first hours of Christmas left a preliminary balance of nine dead89 traffic accidents and 181 people intoxicated by alcohol, including ten minors between three and 17 years old.
He christmas operation “Consciousness for Life“, which began last December 23 at 2:00 pm and registered until 6:00 am yesterday 116 people affected due to road incidents with a high incidence of motorcycleswhich continue to be the main risk factor on the country’s roads.
Of the fatalities reported by the Emergency Operations Center (COE), three occurred within the perimeter of the road safety device and six outside it, which involved four motorcyclesone run over and four light vehicles.
Along with the traffic events, the consolidation of the two bulletins issued by the COE the number of people cared for increases to 43 food poisoningwithout deaths from this cause being recorded in the first 48 hours.
During the day, the locations with the highest incidence of fatal cases and accidents were National District and the provinces Saint DominicSan Cristóbal, San Pedro de Macorís, Duarte and Sanchez Ramirez.
Audits
The organizations that made up the deployment carried out 15,679 assists to the public. Only the General Directorate of Traffic and Land Transportation Security (Digestett) executed 13,181 inspections for violations of Law 63-17.
Among the most recurrent faults are 3,387 violations to motorcyclists for traveling without protective helmet1,325 cases of driving without a license or with an expired license, 1,041 red light violations, 988 violations for driving without insurance and 710 for traveling without lights. In addition, 1,006 were retained motorcycles306 light vehicles and 410 heavy goods that were circulating without the corresponding permits.
In the field of health, the National Health Service (SNS) treated 828 people in network hospitals and highlighted that no cases of burns due to fireworks were recorded.
In 2024
Last year the COE reported six people dead traffic accidents and 73 intoxicated by alcohol.
They were also reported 35 cases of food poisoning.
For its part, the National Health Service (SNS) reported that 21 minors were assisted in Public Network emergencies by alcohol poisoning the days of Christmas Eve and Christmas 2024.
On the morning of December 25, at the Darío Contreras Hospital, the screams of the wounded could be heard when upon arrival they were moved on stretchers or wheelchairs to enter the triage area.
Outside, a family of four was waiting for information about their relative, who was involved in an accident between a bus and a motorcycle in the El Almirante sector.
Prowling by his side was Dariel Ozuna, a 19-year-old young man living in Gualey, who had been sent away after being treated after his romantic partner, also a teenager, stabbed him in the back with a knife.
A completely different atmosphere was observed at the Francisco Moscoso Puello Hospital, where ambulances from the National Health Service (SNS) took patients with complications, especially cardiovascular complications and high blood pressure.
Meanwhile, at the Robert Reid Cabral, the Emergency looked partially empty.
