On the same day, two tragedies knocked on the doors of a family in the municipality of Guaymatein the province The Roman. The first loss was Angela La Flora little girl 10-year-old who died after being run over by the driver of a motorcycle while trying to cross the main road.
Hours later, when the family had still not assimilated the news, he died in the same house his great-grandmother, Alicia Juan102 years old.
The dwellingwhich until that day was a laughter space and conversations, it became a place of crying. Two generations said goodbye on the same day, leaving a void that relatives described as impossible to fill.
Angela was studying fourth grade primary school and dreamed of becoming doctor or professor. He lived with his mother, his grandmother and other relatives. It was a little girl calm, polite and affectionateknown in her environment for her good behavior and for spending most of her time under the care of her grandmother.
Between the two there was a deep linkbuilt based on companycare and keen. The minor was waiting for her grandmotheraccompanied her and sought to console her, even in the face of the illness and possible death of her great-grandmother.
“It was a little girl very good to me, she loved me a lot. The day passed kissing metelling me: ‘Grandma, I love you, I love you, don’t cry, my grandmother. When my great-grandmother If he dies, I’m going to give you a lot of love,” he said. Maria Santelly Federico, grandmother of the minor.
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The last hug
The lady repeated it over and over again. affectionate which was Angela, known for her loved ones as Yeye.
That bond was marked in the last minutes of the minor’s life. In it health centerwhile the doctors tried to stabilize her, Angela only asked for one thing: that they call her grandmother. When it arrived, the little girl He recognized her and clung to her. He hugged her tightly, kissed her and stayed close to her. chest for several minutes.
“When I arrived, I said: ‘Hold me, grandmotherI love you, kiss me, grandmother‘. “He was hugging me and he kissed me,” he said. Maria.
The aunt of the minor also witnessed that moment and assured that the little girl he just wanted say goodbye his grandmother.
“My niece and I were there in front of her and she didn’t call us. When the grandmotherhim said: ‘Come, hold me tight.’ It was a very nice relationship. One will never forget that little girl“, he expressed.
That same day, Felicia Mesca He lost his niece and his mother, a blow that he describes as devastating and for which, he says, there are not enough words.
His aunt remember that “Yeyé” had the habit of hug and kiss to their relatives constantly, even after being scolded, and that her presence forced smile to everyone in the house.
As the family faced the impact of both losses, in the courtroom on Sunday dwellingwere veiled the remains of Alicia Juan, great-grandmother of Angela, a lady who for some time had been facing a health status complicated.
At first it was indicated that the person who had died was the grandmother of the girl. However, the aunt He stated that it was his great-grandmother and not of the grandmother of the minor.
The relatives demand justice for Angela’s death. They ask that the driver involved in the accident is subjected to justice and that the case is duly clarified.
“There is nothing that can give her back to us. Justice for my niecethat’s the only thing we have in our hands,” he expressed. aunt.
“One will never forget her. It is a very strong pain. If one had known how to buy lives, and not that it is God who gives them, it would have cost what the girl’s life cost and we would have bought her. But it is God that gives life and God took her. We thank you for everything,” said the aunt of the minor between sobs.
The main highway of Guaymate, where the accident occurred, is a road along which vehicles travel constantly and at high speed. In the section where the incident occurred, there are no speed bumps, traffic lights, or pedestrian crossings that allow people to cross safely to the other side of the road.
The accident occurred Saturday afternoon on the main road in Guaymateclose to a fuel station and a grocery store. According to her aunt, the minor had left her house saying that she was going to City Hall, where they were supposedly delivering toys. Finding no one, he went to an aunt’s house and, upon returning, tried to cross the road with a little boy. eight years old, grandson of his aunt.
A bus was stopped and the girl came out from behind the vehicle. While trying to cross, she was hit by a motorcycle that was traveling on the road. The boy who accompanied her managed to stop in timeremaining a few steps from where the impact occurred.
“My grandson was going to cross, but when he saw the engine he said to her: ‘Hey, look at an engine,’ but she was already running. She was about two steps of my grandson“he added.
Angela was taken to a health center, where she remained alive for a short time. Despite the efforts of medical personnel, he died cause of the accident.
traffic accidents: a persistent problem
Although deaths from traffic accidents in the country registered a reduction in 2025, the problem continues to be one of the main causes of deaths. According to data from the Permanent Road Safety Observatory of the National Institute of Traffic and Land Transportation (Intrant), in 2025, 1,994 deaths for road accidents, the lowest figure in recent years and a decrease of 32.9% compared to 2024, when recorded 2,971 deaths.
Injured people also decreased, going from 136,828 in 2024 to 104,666 in 2025, which represents a reduction of 36.2%. The downward trend continues when compared with previous years such as 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020, in which deaths exceeded two thousand.
However, despite these advances, the World Health Organization places the Dominican Republic among the countries with the highest road mortality rate, with 67.23 deaths for every 100,000 inhabitants. Added to this are weaknesses in traffic regulation, especially in the use of motorcyclessince by March 2025 there were 3,587,028 registered motorcyclesbut only 10,827 people had a license to drive this type of vehicle, equivalent to just 0.3% of motorcyclists.
