He bus of the company Caribbean Tours that crashed on Friday night at the station Pedro Francisco Bonó, on line 2 of the Metro from Santo Domingo, leaving a wound to a OPRET collaboratoralso hit A white vehicle in which two people were going.
The incident occurred at 9:04 at night at the intersection of John F. Kennedy Avenue, Núñez de Cáceres corner, colliding finally at the entrance of the station Metrowhich resulted in important damage, like the bus.
- The parts of the concrete and the Broken crystals They arrived almost at Electric ladder of the station, so the arrival of trains at that stop was temporarily suspended. In the place there were last night members of the National Police.
“He left red”
According to versions you gathered by Free newspaperhe Bus came From the Santiago Province to Santo Domingo with less than a dozen of passengers.
He allegedly crossed Núñez de Cáceres Avenue with the red traffic light, at the time I was also folding towards the Kennedy a White vehicle with two people On board, a 21 -year -old man and woman each.
- A young woman, who preferred not to identify, said that those who were in the other vehicle were her friends, who were about to cross the Kennedy to pick her up and continue from there to another place.
“The Caribbean Guagua Tours It came from there (west-east direction) and He crossed in red And the impact. Before passengers He will disassembled (the driver) left, “he said.
He added that couple of friends They were taken to Emergencies for observation and that fortunately they are well. “They are in shock“He said.
“Thank God that This was at night And a day like today in which he had closed everything (for the rains) “, referring to the fact that the station is crowded and a tragedy could have occurred.
At the time of his statementa crane He was taking the crashed vehicle.
Mild lesions
While, on the side of the Caribe Tour company, a staff arrived around 10 p.m. smaller bus to take to Passengers stranded after the accident. They did not offer statements.
- So far the driver has not been identified.
Elwin Ricardo Jupitera 57 -year -old Canadian passenger, told Free newspaper be in “shock” and “surprised“And he showed a slight scratch in one leg. The passenger responded in English how the event happened:” We were sitting behind and the bus left some people (passengers) And we start moving very quickly and suddenly we feel everyone go forward, we all jump from the seats. It was very shocking. “
The Transport reorganization office (OPRET) reported that the accident It happened at 9:04 and as a preventive measure, temporarily suspended the train stop In that station, until the necessary technical and security reviews are concluded. The wound is a collaboration of the OPRET, which is low Medical evaluation.
