‘Dominican Republic’ Archives
3 Haitian Migrants Killed after Bus Crashed in Dominican Republic
A bus crashed in a mountainous area northwest of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on October 8. The accident happened when the bus, belonging to the Migration Office, was transporting migrants back to Haiti. Three Haitian migrants were killed in the accident while 27 other people were injured. The cause of crash is being investigated.
Bus Crash In the Dominican Republic
There was one fatality and twenty injured in a collision between a bus and truck on the Duarte highway. The bus was traveling from La Vega to Santo Domingo. The one fatality was listed as Sandy Ramirez, 32. Rain contributed to hazardous road conditions. After the accident, La Autoridad Metropolitana de Transporte asked drivers to use [...]
Tourbus fatalities on the Dominican Bus
What: French tour bus en route to the Punta Cana tourist complex. Where: Higuey, Dominican Republic When: June 7, 2012 Who: 3 fatalities Why: Tourbus passengers visiting the Dominican Republic in a bus were struck by a freight train. Three of the tourists died when their bus was struck by a sugar cane train. The two men and a woman [...]
Dominican Bus Crash; 10 fatalities, number rising
What: Bus on the highway connecting the southern Dominican provinces of Azua and Barahona Where: El Numero, Dominican Republic When: March 5, 2011 Who: 8 fatalities, 7 injured, all bus passengers Why: A head on collision between a bus and truck killed eight women, a man and a child in the town of El Numero, in the Dominican Republic. Four [...]
