Jaime “Jimmy” Arias, a member of the technical staff of the Chiriquí Athletic team was killed on Thursday, January 17  in a  multi-vehicle traffic accident at 8 pm that injured 19 with nine people hospitalized

The  incident occurred  on the Pan-American highway in David in front Super Xtra when a panel-type vehicle  a bus on the Arboleda – David route, a taxi and an SUV collided

The injured were aided by paramedics and the Fire Department of David and Bugaba and later transferred to the emergency rooms of the Gustavo A. Ross Polyclinic, and the Regional l José Domingo de Obaldía Hospital.