Bloody November
Traffic accidents continue to cost lives. The latest fatal accident occurred in Curridabat, when 44 year old Gerardo Carvajal Duarte slammed his vehicle unto oncoming bus in front of the EPA hardware store.

The Hyundai that Carvajal was driving was completely destroyed and firefighters had to use the jaws of life to extract the Carvajal from the tangled wreckage, who died later in hospital.

"He was coming straight for me, most of his vehicle crossing the median and into my lane and since I had a truck on my rigth, I couldn't avoid that he hit me", said Carlos Jiménez, the driver of the bus, who suffered no injuries in the collision.

The driver of the bus following Jiménez did saw the accident, confirming the Jiménez version of having no option to avoid the collision, as the Hyundai slammed into the front of the bus.

This is the second fatal accident involving a bus this weeek. A mother and her two young children slammed head on into oncoming bus on Tuesday, resulting in the death of all three, on the Interamericana Sur.

Early Sunday morning, two passenger vehicles collided head on the Bernardo Soto highway near San Ramón, killing three family members and injuring four others. In both cases, a driver falling asleep at the wheel was blamed in the two early morning accidents.

The cause of yesterday's accident is still unknown as Tránsito (traffic) authorities continue to investigate.

The "official" number of deaths from traffic accidents for the month are yet not in, but for the year it has surpassed the 300 mark.

An there is still December to go!