THE THIRD accident in three days on the Bridge of the Americas, each time blocking traffic in both directions, took place early Sunday afternoon, August 13, when a sedan was sandwiched between two buses.

Earlier incidents involved a taxi doing a U-turn on the bridge, and colliding with two pirate cars, and another when a motor cyclist ran into the back of the car, catapulting the pillion rider onto the car roof.

[caption id="attachment_74588" align="alignleft" width="300"] Driver died in Los Santos[/caption]

There were injuries needing hospital treatment in all of the accidents, but no fatalities.

Panama’s highway death toll reached 268 on Friday, when a 45-year-old driver died trying to ford a flooded stream in Los Santos.