One person was killed and at least eight injured in a multiple vehicle pile-up on Friday afternoon in the Circunvalación de Chitré, at the entrance to the Golf Club.

Five vehicles, including three trucks, were affected when  Anibal Villarreal, 57, got down from his truck to direct traffic while his son maneuvered the truck loaded with zinc into a workshop.

Another loaded mule with reportedly failing brakes came down a steep hill, collided with several vehicles and ran over Villarreal.

Two ambulances and rescue workers attended to the injured and Public Prosecutions staff  and the National Police, started  an  investigation