Sixteen people were injured, two critically- on Friday afternoon on the Pan-American highway, in Bágala in Boquerón, Chiriquí when  the driver of  a bus lost control during a persistent downpour

The bus  turned several times before colliding with a power line pole.

 The injured included  two minors between 9 and 17 years old and 14 adults between the ages of 20 and 60.

Paramedics and rescuers from the Bugaba Fire Department attended and transferred the injured to the Pablo Espinoza Polyclinic  and the ER of the Rafael Hernández Regional Hospital in David.