15 injured in tourist safari accident on Eastern Highway in Punta Cana

Punta Cana.- The number of people injured in Monday afternoon’s accident on the Eastern Highway, near the Macao crossing in Punta Cana, has risen to 15. The victims were traveling on a tourist safari vehicle when it was struck by a truck.

Among those injured are tourists from Colombia, the United States, Argentina, and Chile, including two minors. Specifically, nine of the injured are Chilean, three are Argentine, two are Colombian, and one is American. Most sustained mild head trauma, but no serious injuries have been reported.

The injured were transported to the Punta Cana Medical Center and the Verón Municipal Hospital for treatment. Authorities are continuing to investigate the cause of the accident.

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Paul Tierney

February 4, 2025 8:49 am

The bonus of this accident is nobody was killed.

Don’t want to go into a diatribe about the possible cause of this accident. There is a long list of causes, any one of them being checked (√ ) would explain origin.

ChL

February 4, 2025 10:53 am

It always made me wonder why human transport on the back of any truck was ever even allowed no crash tests seatbelts no safety what so ever and on top for a paying customer a comercial transport like cattle. LOL ….

Trujillo

February 4, 2025 1:00 pm

Why are there “safari” tours in the DR and why are people being transported in trucks not designed for human transportation?

These “safari” tours which are only taking tourists around to see poverty and haitians, not wild animals like in Africa, should not be allowed. I’ve complained about this before and I bet others have as well and nothing happens.

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