THIRTEEN  PEOPLE were injured in a 10 vehicle pileup  AT  Loma Cova on the highway between the Bridge of the Americas and Arraiján on Friday  May 27.

Two of the vehicles were buses and one of the cars involved ended up on top of the barrier that divides the four lanes of the highway.

The accident  at 9.30 am, seriously aggravated the normally severe traffic jams in the area, compounded by pay-day shoppers.

The current highway is expected to be widened to eight lanes, and later traffic will be eased by the building of the fourth bridge across the canal and the construction of Metro line 3 by a Japan backed company- a deal recently signed by President Juan Carlos Navarro.

The accident is under investigation.