The trucks and trucks turn on the alarms again in Dominican Republictopping the list of road accidents in recent days.
According to recent reports, traffic accidents involving heavy-duty vehicles have been concentrated in the sections with the highest traffic flow in the country.
The Juan Pablo Duarte Highway, the 6 de Noviembre in San Cristóbal, the Eastern Highway and other routes stand out for being the scenarios identified as recurring for multiple crashes, overturns and loss of control of these vehicles.
Recent crashes
This Friday a traffic accident was recorded on the Northern Beltway, Santiago, Gurabo section.
This Friday, video cameras captured the moment in which two heavy duty vehicles They collide until they contract with the concrete beams, thus generating the collapse of traffic with a visible traffic congestion that lasted for several hours.
Although the health status of those on board the vehicles is unknown so far, this accident has made it clear that these accidents occur frequently.
After 8:00 p.m. on Thursday night, another accident occurred. A truck overturned on the “El Numero” section of the Sánchez Azua-Baní highway, causing a momentary interruption of traffic and considerable traffic congestion in the area.
In the videos that circulated on social networks, the heavy vehicle was partially crossed on the road, paralyzing traffic in both directions.
According to preliminary information, the driver would have lost control of the truck before it overturned.
Although the causes of the accident have not been officially established, no deaths or injuries have been reported, only material damage was evident.
another accident
Another critical point is the kilometer 9 from the Juan Pablo Duarte highway. In this section of the National District, several weeks ago a pond overturned, in the direction of Santo Domingo-Cibao, causing traffic congestion.
According to videos, it was observed how the truck, which was transporting steel beams, ended up overturned on the track, leaving part of the load scattered. The material fell on a red SUV that was parked in the area.
The statistics
According to him Permanent Road Safety Observatory (Opsevi) of the National Institute of Traffic and Land Transportation (Intrant), confirmed 165 people died in 2026 when they were involved in a road accident involving cargo transport, buses, minibuses and microbuses.
While the General Directorate of Traffic and Land Transportation Safety (Digisett) informed this newspaper that heavy vehicle accidents have caused 154 deaths and 599 injuries so far in 2026.
According to the institution, the registered deaths occurred between January 1 and June 2 of this year.
