Two Haitian citizens traveling in a motorcycle died and several people were injured in a multiple traffic accident happened this Friday afternoon in the Jarabacoa-La Vega highway, in the section of El Puerto.
The victims were identified as patrick germeus30 years old and Omene St Vil, of 34.
While the injured, still unidentified, were assisted and transferred to different health centers in the area.
The preliminary report from the transit authorities indicates that the couple died when they were hit by a truck that apparently lost its brakes while going down the aforementioned mountainous road.
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Besides the motorcycle with the foreigners, the heavy vehicle collided several cars and a jeep in its path.
Paramedics from 9-1-1, lifeguards from the Civil Defense and the Buena Vista Fire Department, from the municipality of Jarabacoa, showed up at the scene.
