Fatal traffic accidents reported in Santiago and Barahona

Two separate fatal traffic incidents have been reported in the Dominican Republic.

In Santiago, 22-year-old Sara María Rodríguez Espinal, a student and pharmacy worker, died on Friday night after being struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross the Circunvalación Norte avenue in the La Ciénaga sector. Family members claim the driver was traveling with lights off and fled the scene, passing through a toll plaza without stopping to provide aid. Authorities have not yet identified the driver.

In Barahona, a 34-year-old nurse identified as Josely Báez died early Sunday morning when the ambulance she was traveling in slid off a precipice on the Sánchez highway near Fondo Negro. The vehicle was performing an emergency transfer of a minor who had been wounded by a firearm. The ambulance driver was reported uninjured.