Santo Domingo.- Just two weeks after a collision claimed the lives of five people, another crash on the Southern Highway today Monday has killed three and hurt more than 20 others, when a bus full of passengers from Azua headed to Santo Dominican hit a wall near the town of Hatillo.
The Metropolitan Transit Authority (Amet) said the accident occurred in front of the Plaza del Chivo on the November 6 Highway between San Cristobal and Bani.
On Twitter, AMET said first responders are on the scene providing assistance, but didn’t specify the number of people involved. "Several dead and injured is the result of an accident occurred moments ago on the highway on November 6 in front of La Plaza del Chivo."
Local reports say three women were killed, whose bodies taken to the Pina hospital in San Cristobal.