One dead 16 injured in coaster bus crash

One person was killed and 16  injured ( two critically) when a coaster bus crashed into a ditch on Thursday afternoon, August  30 on the road to El Salado de Remedios in the direction of David,  Chiriqui.  The Fire Department reported that the bus was carrying 30 passengers on the David-Santiago route. The injured were taken to regional hospitals in Felix and David by ambulances of the Unified Emergency Management System (SUME). The cause of the accident is unknown, but the highway was wet from heavy rains.