A  busito (mini-bus) driver has been arrested after fleeing from the spot where he knocked down and killed a man on, the main road of Utivé in Pacora, eastern Panama on Saturday, March 30.

Moisés Gutiérrez a 54-year-old farmer was heading to his brother’s home to deliver a head of bananas when he was hit by the bus. A sister of the victim said that for a long time they have been asking the Transit Authority (ATTT) and the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) for sidewalks because drivers pass through the area at high speed and school students have to walk in roadside ditches. for fear of being run over.

Residents identified y the panel type bus which was recovered by the police. The driver has been arrested and detained because the same vehicle was suspected of involvement in another incident some weeks ago.  

Second death
An unidentified man was run over and killed by a pickup at the entrance to Las Acacias, in Juan Díaz a poorly lit area  noted for multiple traffic accidents.