One person was killed and four injured in an early morning accident involving two vehicles, one a National Police patrol car on  December  25  on the Transístmica in  San José, district of Sabanitas. Colon.

The injured including three police officer were taken to a medical center.  Investigations have been initiated to determine responsibilities

An agent of the motorcycle rapid reaction “Lynx” National police service died Monday, December 24 after being hit by a delivery truck in Las Acacias. The other member of the team was hospitalized. It was the second Lynx death in two weeks.

Hit and run incidents
A man in his mid-fifties was killed by a hit and run driver on the InterAmerican highway at the entrance of San Bartolo, in La Mesa Veraguas, on Christmas morning. Police caught the driver soon after.

Police are looking for a taxi-driver who fled after hitting a man on Calle 50 in Panama City, on December 24, The victim is in hospital with a broken leg.

Atanacio Camarena, 61, died late on Saturday night, after a collision on the Pan-American Highway at Bella Vista de Tolé, province of Chiriqui when he lost control of the car

There were multiple other accidents causing injuries leading to hospitalizations, with alcohol consumption a key factor.