SEVEN people were hospitalized when an articulated truck loaded with bags of cement slammed into the back of a minibus on Thursday, May 9.

The accident took place on the Interamerican highway, near  Paseo Del Río Llano Marín, in f Penonomé.

The bus was on the Rio Hato-Penonomé route.  The injured, including students, were treated at the scene by Fire Service personnel and transferred to the emergency room of the Aquilino Tejeira de Penonomé hospital.