Two people were killed at dawn on Saturday, by a hit-and-run driver as they tried to cross the lanes of Los Mártires. The accident occurred in the direction of the Las Américas bridge towards Avenida Omar Torrijos.

Major Eustiquio Cedeño of the National Directorate of Transit Operations of the National Police indicated that the victims are an approximately 30-year-old young woman and a 22-year-old young man, who tried to cross the road in a section where there is a wall in the middle of the road to prevent the passage of pedestrians.

He added that the Public Ministry is already conducting pertinent investigations into the case.

According to the preliminary report, the car involved in the case is a dark-colored sedan whose driver was traveling at high speed, so video surveillance cameras are being analyzed in order to locate his whereabouts.