An 8-year-old girl died on the spot and her parents died in hospital as the result of a head-on collision between a taxi and a truck on Forestal Avenue, very close to the President Belisario Porras Police Academy (ACAPOL), on Thursday morning, September 13.

The victims were on board a taxi that was coming from Chilibre to Panama City. Meanwhile, three people were injured.

The National Directorate of Traffic Operations,  and the Public Ministry, is carrying out an investigation that seeks to determine the causes that caused the traffic accident.

Paramedical personnel Sume 911 rendered first aid to the injured and transferred them to the hospital.

Migrant death
A man died on Wednesday night on the road near El Tirado, Agua Fría, in the province of Darién after being run over. The victim was a migrant.