A couple of years ago it was common to hear how the “Red Devils” were a death trap. (more)

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Two deceased, 18 injured, out of which 4 are in a delicate state, was the result of a multiple collision in which a dump truck full of gravel rammed 10 cars on the road leading to the Centennial Bridge. (more)

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A child under three years of age and his mother, who was driving a pick-up truck, crashed into one of the Corredor Sur gutters after the woman lost control of the vehicle while leaving the city. (more)

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There was a pile-up around the area of Las Lajas in Las Cumbres. Apparently a truck traveling towards the city lost its brakes while going down a slope near the entrance to the water park of the area. (more)

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The accident took place at Calle 50, right in front of the Toyota distributor, next to the Credicorp Bank building, and left the entire sector without electricity. (more)

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A train rammed a police vehicle in the community of Diablo, Panama City, around 11:00 am, reported Telemetro Reporta. (more)

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Three adult women and a girl of 14 years of age were injured, one of them being serious, after the collision of a vehicle when they were outside the building Punta Roca, on the Calle Alberto Boyd in Punta Paitilla, at about 6:45 pm last Thursday. (more)

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Congresswoman of the Cambio Democrático (CD), Dana Castañeda, suffered a car accident this Sunday, 28 April 2013, by the circuit 2-1 in Coclé, and she was immediately transferred to a hospital in the capital city. (more)

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Two cargo trucks collided on the highway exit of Arraiján - La Chorrera, at the height of the Antigua Espiga, smashing a utility pole. (more)

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At around midday today, a three year old girl died run-over by a bus, in the Route of Colón Pilón, while the bus was operating around the area of Calle 11 in Colón. (more)

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Today, a woman died instantly when she threw herself off a bus while it was still in motion, the cause of death was the impact of her head against the pavement, near Tanara, Chepo. (more)

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A drunk man tried to cross the road and was hit by the driver of a Metrobus, on the 24 de Diciembre. (more)

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An ambulance carrying a patient, a relative of the patient, the driver, and a medical technician flipped over on its side after it was involved in a traffic accident. (more)

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The Traffic Operations Division (DOT) of the National Police reported 136 fatalities in over 8,000 traffic accidents recorded so far this year, these fatalities being 18 fewer than in 2012. (more)

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A tragic accident where: 12 year old Eliécer Mendoza, 7 year old Moisés Vásquez, 24 year old Víctor Vásquez, 33 year old Pastor Mendoza, 43 year old Fulgencio Mendoza and 35 year old Quintín Solanilla 35, died this weekend in the province of Veraguas. (more)

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A bus collided today against a utility pole and flipped over in the area of Plaza Las Americas, Tocumen, after which several people were injured, three of those were serious injuries. (more)

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The driver of a van lost control causing him to collide against the railing of the Panama-Colón highway, causing the van to crash and flip-over. (more)

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A sergeant and a corporal of the National Police were struck and injured by a driver who fell asleep at the wheel. (more)

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Two agents of the State Border Service (SENAFRONT) died last night when their car crashed and flipped over while heading from Paso Canoa to David, in Chiriquí. (more)

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Five people died in traffic accidents over the weekend in Chiriquí.

Three people died on Sunday afternoon in Concepcion, Bugaba, when a "pick-up" crashed sideways into a sedan.

According to first reports, among the dead are two children.

Also there was another accident in Gariche, in which two people died.

Furthermore, another accident was reported in Doleguita with many injuries. (Mi Diario)

On Saturday afternoon there was a pileup on the Pan American highway, headed towards the interior, between an articulated truck and at least six cars.

The incident took place in Chirú near Rio Hato. There is talk of at least seven people injured, some seriously.

The lack of visibility due to smoke, produced by a crop fire, could have caused the accident.

The road was completely blocked, causing gridlock. In social networks, users reported they were bothered by this, because it was difficult for the ambulances to arrive at the scene of the accident. (Telemetro)

A SPI officer assigned as a security escort to President Ricardo Martinelli, was run over this morning Thursday, March 14, on Avenida Balboa.

The President got out of his car and stayed in the area while medical personnel attended to the injured officer.

So far further details are unknown. (Estrella)

Editor's Comment: They have these SPI guys on motorcycles who run out front of the President's motorcade to stop traffic at intersections. This guy is wearing those high black boots, so he was one of the motorcycle guys. Hope he's not hurt too badly.

A father of three who worked as a supervisor for a private security company was killed on Via Tocumen in a traffic accident.

The victim, Thomas Gabriel Batista, 38, was a hard worker, quiet, who took his three children to school every day, said his sister Luzmila.

According to the information received by the family, at about 10:00 pm Batista spoke with his boss on the phone, said he had finished working for the day, and headed towards the company's base of operations to turn in his equipment.

Both Batista's supervisor and his family assume he was heading towards his home in Monte Rico in the district of 24 de Diciembre when the accident occurred.

Unfortunately he never reached home, where his wife and their children were waiting.

He left three children behind, aged 12, 8 and 2 years.

The Batista family have received two versions of the accident. In the first instance, that the motorcycle he was riding was hit from behind, and the other, that supposedly another vehicle knocked him out of the roadway.

The case is being investigated by the Traffic Police. (Critica)

The six teachers who were injured on Sunday remain hospitalized, two in San Felix and four in the Regional hospital in David, but are in stable condition, according to the Regional Director of Education, Gertrudis Rodriguez.

In this accident which occurred at Quebrada Pita in the district of Muna, Ngäbe Buglé, died Lieutenant Jose Noel Gonzalez, a native of the province of Herrera.

Gonzalez was going to the community of Peña Blanca accompanying a teacher who was traveling with the other educators to begin the new school year on Monday, when the car in which they were riding lost its brakes, crashed into a ditch, and overturned, said Cesar Ramiro Fuentes, a resident of the sector.

There were a total of eight people in the car including six who were teachers.

Their names are Ofelia Acosta, Nidia Moran, Víctor Pinto, and Nery Batista, all from the school in Tébujo.

The others who were injured were Jorge Adames from the school at Llano Majagua, and Roosevelt Camaño from the school in El Vigui.

Those with the worst injuries, Jorge Adames and Nery Batista, were taken to the Rafael Hernández regional hospital in David.

The others who were injured received care at the hospital in San Felix, among them Francisco Perez, who is not an educator but who was also traveling in the car. (TVN)

Editor's Comment: There was some confusion in the earlier reports of this accident. Yesterday in a press conference the Education Minister Lucy Molinar said two teachers had been killed in this accident. Now as more accurate information is becoming available, it turns out that only one person was killed, and in fact he was not a teacher.

Dani Perez Rodriguez, 24, a resident of Machuca de La Pintada, was killed early this Monday morning when the motorcycle on which he was traveling collided with a sedan in the area of ​​Santa Ana, on the road leading to La Pintada.

The incident occurred at about 4:30 am this morning, when he was riding this motorcycle to go to work, and when going through a curve he collided with the sedan, that did not have a license plate.

The young man was taken to the emergency room of the Aquilino Tejeira hospital in Penonomé, but he died.

The Public Ministry is investigating the accident, while local residents say vehicles transit through the area at high rates of speed, and there have already been other fatal accidents at this same point on the road. (Critica)

An estimated 20 people were injured Monday morning when two small buses collided with escaped cattle, in Tortí, Darien Province.

The drivers of the two small buses were surprised when taking a curve, sand they suddenly saw the cattle on the road and could not avoid them.

The buses provide service from the Darien to Panama City. (TVN)

Editor's Comment: I came motoring around a curve on a motorcycle once and came upon a cow and her calf in the middle of the road. I had to lock the brakes up hard and slid to a stop a mere inches from the cow's nose. I mean, she could have licked the face plate on my helmet. While the incident scared the hell out of me and I was "having a cow," she barely flinched. All I got was sort of a "huh?" look out of her, and then they both eventually wandered off the road, nonchalant as hell. So add "cows on the damn road" to your list of things to look out for in Panama.

An SUV collided this afternoon against a power line pole on the road leading from El Dorado to Albrook.

Apparently the vehicle lost control, went up the sidewalk, and knocked down the pole, which ended up across the middle of the street, blocking the road.

Views show the car with a tire destroyed, the bumper smashed, and the left front side beaten in. (TVN)

A collision between a bus from the company Grupo Unidos Por El Canal and a delivery truck on the Alberto Motta Highway in Colon caused a massive traffic jam. As a result of the crash, thousands of drivers who were using this major thoroughfare to get to the province of Colon were trapped in the traffic congestion. (Mi Diario)

Editor's Comment: Remember that the other roadway washed out in a mudslide in December so right now the new Alberto Motta Highway is the only practical way to get to Colon.

Two people were killed and three injured in a spectacular car accident on the road that leads to El Copé of La Pintada, in the province of Coclé, when the driver of a pick-up truck lost control and crashed into a tree.

It was learned the five people left in the vehicle at 4:00 am, after attending a dance activity in the community of El Potrero.

Jose Hernandez, a 32 year old teacher, and Nedelsy Quijada, a 23 year old, died at the scene of the accident.

Also traveling with them were Kendra Lashmy, 17, Luis Tejada, 26, and Sarac Patel, 33, who were injured and were taken by ambulance to the emergency room of the Aquilino Tejeira hospital in Penonomé. Some of the family members of the victims arrived at the scene, who could not believe the tragedy that occurred a few days before Christmas and New Year.

They were taken by police officers to their patrol cars to calm them down, while the bodies of their relatives remained in the wrecked vehicle.

Juan Mora, a resident of the community of El Potrero, said it was regrettable that the vehicles on this road, which is paved, have a tendency to speed, causing accidents.

He added that when there are parties these unfortunate events occur, as happened a few years ago, when in the same way a young man died as a result of speeding.

He said that another cause of accidents on this road are the animals that run loose, and people who drink too much at parties.

The Transit Authority is investigating the causes of the accident. (Panama America)

Editor's Comment: Something you might not think about - one of the most dangerous times to drive in Panama is at dawn on a Saturday morning. People who have been out drinking all night see the sun come up and "it's time to go home." I've seen some drunk drivers do very dangerous stuff at that time. And, as I've said many times before, driving is probably the most dangerous thing you'll ever do in Panama. Be safe out there, especially now when there are a lot of Christmas parties going on.

Six students got the scare of their lives, this Thursday, when the school bus that was taking them to a party to celebrate the last day of school was hit by a truck.

According to reports, the truck lost its brakes while climbing a hill on the Panamerican Highway in this area, causing him to roll backward and collide with the school bus.

The incident occurred at around 11:00 am and according to the driver of the school bus, fortunately another car managed to stop the bus that was being pushed backward by the truck.

Visibly the truck did not have the security measures established by the Transit Authority (ATTT). (Telemetro)