Speeding and Drinking
and Driving Number One
Cause of Traffic
Accident Deaths
Speeding and reckless
driving continue to
spill blood on the
streets. The latest
victims are 38 year old
Germán Rojas Chinchilla
and 25 year old Eliecer
Chévez Ledezma, who died
in a traffic accident in
Bario la Colina, in
Limón.
According to reports by
the Policía de Tránsito,
the accident was so
violent that the two men
died at the scene, as
the two vehicles were
speeding.
Witnesses say it all
happened fast, both
vehicles were travelling
at a high velocity when
they collided and there
was nothing that Crus
Roja (Red Cross)
personnel could do for
the victims.
The accident left the
route complete blocked
for two hours while the
vehicles, debris and the
bodies were removed from
the scene.
In an unrelated
accident, in Santa
Barabara de Heredia,
alcohol, speeding and
reckless driving
combined for another
traffic accident, this
time fortunately there
no deaths, only crumpled
metal and a lot of
frayed nerves.
The driver of one of the
vehicles, driving under
the influence of
alcohol, was speeding
and passing imprudently
when he collided with an
oncoming vehicle and
swerved to hit two more
vehicles.
Although the
breathalyzer test
results were not
available, the driver of
the vehicle told the
television cameras,
slurring his words, that
he had not been
drinking, maybe had had
only four beers. |
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