An accident at the intersection of Bulevar Turístico and Calle Domingo Maiz, in Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), left two dead and at least 33 people injured. It is about the overturning of a bus of the tourist transport company “Suero”.
According to local press, the bus driver lost control of the vehicle while trying to avoid another car.
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deceased people are Karla Rodriguez Dionisio 40 years old and from Peru, while the other person is an Argentine, identified as Valeri Brodeli 34 years old.
It is known that the Peruvian was traveling with her husband and 9-year-old daughter and both were injured.
At the moment, the family requests the support of the embassies to repatriate the bodies to their corresponding countries.
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For his part, the president of the Peruvian Congress, José Williams, reported that the Peruvian embassy in the Dominican Republic is informed of the event and the Consulate is with the injured Peruvians.
The nationalities of the injured tourists are Argentine, Colombian, Peruvian, Brazilian and Chilean.
Pronouncement of the Foreign Ministry
The Foreign Ministry of Peru, through a communiquélamented the death of Karla Rodríguez and reported that the son and husband of the deceased are under observation at a medical center in the city of Bávaro, Punta Cana.
The Consular Section of the Embassy of Peru in the Dominican Republic communicated by telephone with the husband of the compatriot, who has requested support in the efforts for the repatriation of the mortal remains.
The Foreign Ministry reported that there are two other Peruvians, a married couple identified with the initials BMPZ and EECG, who are also under observation in the same medical center.