Valeria Paola Medina44 years old and of Argentine nationality, yesterday became the third fatal victim of the accident that occurred last Thursday in Bávaro, when a bus with 5 tourists who were going for a walk to the saona island.
They had previously died Valeria Victoria Brovellia 33-year-old Argentine and the Peruvian Karla Rodriguez Dionisio40 years old.
While the driver of the vehicle Franklin Nin Perez, was arrested for the purpose of being brought to justice because he was driving at high speed, according to testimonies of some passengers and a video of the event, contrary to how he stated that the accident occurred when he avoided hitting a truck. He doesn’t even work for the transport company Serum Service Rus.
“We have interviewed the driver and some people who were there and everyone has their version,” prosecutor Dennis Guerrero told several media outlets.
While more than 40 people were injured, some of them seriously and with loss of limbs.
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late attendance
Testimonies of survivors criticize the lack of timely assistance, on the part of the National Emergency Care Systemsince it allegedly took half an hour to transfer the wounded.
Such is the case of Valeria’s husband, Diego Martin Donaldhey, who told Diario Libre that agents of the National Police and members of the Fire Department approached them some time after the accident.
However, he explained that he became desperate when he saw that an ambulance did not arrive to help the injured, including his partner, who had lost an arm.
“We spent about half an hour waiting for an ambulance. I took my wife up with a private firefighter and we left for here (IMG Hospital). She lost an arm, I told the firefighter let’s not wait any longer,” Donaley said.
It has also been denounced that the conditions of the vehicle were not suitable for the transfer of so many people because it was an old device and that it supposedly had smooth tires.
Yesterday he Emergency Operations Center (COE) issued a statement detailing the levels of intervention of the different institutions after the fact, but did not state that the assistance arrived on time.