A 24-YEAR-OLD National Police officer was killed on Wednesday, Apr. 26, after the  lince (lynx) patrol motorcycle  on which she was riding shotgun crashed. The driver was thrown clear but   Allison Gill was run over by a truck and became Panama’s 153^rd  fatal highway casualty of the year.

The lince patrols consist of a driver and a pillion passenger carrying a submachine gun who patrol the streets and are able to respond swiftly incidents.

The accident took place at 4 p.m., a t  the entrance to the Jorge Illueca neighborhood, in Tocumen next to La Plaza Los Pinos.  The policewoman died at the accident scene.