A 33-YEAR-OLD taxi driver became the  32nd person to die in a  traffic accident in Cocle Province in 2017.

The national  toll is over 140, with Cocle high on the  grim  fatality list.

Eliécer Hernández, was on his way to pick up a fare at 1.30 am  in Natá de los Caballeros on Monday  Apr. 10when he swerved off the road and hit a tree.

Passing motorists reportedly pulled him from the car, before it burst into flames, but he was already dead.