A 37-year-old man became the third fatal victim of Argentine nationality by overturning of a tourist bus in the Dominican city of Punta Canawhile three other Argentines were still hospitalized in a hospital in the Caribbean country.
Alexander Luis Klinec He had traveled on vacation with his wife and remained hospitalized at the Hospiten Medical Center, in Bávaro, as a result of the injuries sustained in the incident that occurred last Thursday.
Two other Argentine women (Valeria Victoria Brovelli and Valeria Paola Medina) and a Peruvian (Karla Rodríguez Dionisio) also died as a result of the overturn.
A 37-year-old man became the third victim of Argentine nationality due to the overturning of a tourist bus in the Dominican city of Punta Cana, while three other Argentines were still hospitalized in a hospital in the Caribbean country. pic.twitter.com/jiFjMemG6I
—Telam Agency (@TelamAgency) October 11, 2022
Sources from the Foreign Ministry informed Télam that this Tuesday morning they remained three Argentines hospitalized, one in a delicate state and two stablewhile another eight were discharged, the last one last night.
The accident occurred on Thursday at the Domingo Maíz-Miches intersection, on the Eastern Tourist Boulevard of the Punta Cana-Miches highway, an area widely visited by tourists, where the bus that belonged to the Suero Servi-Bus transport company overturned. .
Preliminary information indicates that the accident occurred when the bus slipped on the Coral Highway, at the Domingo Maíz intersection, in Verón, La Altagracia province, Dominican sources assured.
As it was learned, the injured bus was heading to the town of Bayahíbe, so that tourists could travel from there by ferry to Saona Island.
After the fact, the Minister of Tourism of the Dominican Republic, David Colladoexpressed through his Twitter account that his country feels “sad and dismayed by the unfortunate accident of the bus occupied by foreigners.”
Sad and dismayed by the unfortunate accident of the bus occupied by foreigners, which occurred this morning. We visited the different hospitals where they were transferred, to offer our full support and solidarity at this difficult time.
– David Collado (@DavidColladoM) October 6, 2022
