2 moto conchos killed in Cabarete

[james]

I had heard a few days ago (Tueday) that a drunk lawyer from POP ran over 2 moto conchos in Cabarete killing them. I have not seen any other news about this. A witness said the front of a BMW was covered in blood and badly damaged.
Any news on this?

[donP]

Originally Posted by james

I had heard a few days ago (Tueday) that a drunk lawyer from POP ran over 2 moto conchos in Cabarete killing them. I have not seen any other news about this. A witness said the front of a BMW was covered in blood and badly damaged.
Any news on this?

"Otra de las victimas fue Kelvin Cuello Hilario, de 27 años de edad, el cual residía en el paraje La Ciénaga del distrito municipal de Cabarete. Este murió al sufrir una colisión en la motocicleta NC-125, color negro, con el Jeep BMW, color gris, placa G207108, conducido por el abogado Jesús Salvador García Tallaj. El accidente ocurrió a la altura del kilómetro siete y medio de la carretera Sosúa-Sabaneta de Yásica, a la entrada de la comunidad de Bombita."

Among a total of six dead in that report.

[mike l]

Were they wearing helmets?

[johnny]

2 moto conchos killed in a traffic accident
sounds better.

[BettyDiamond]

why does that sound better

[johnny]

because this is what happened.
el otro titulo es puro sensacionalismo

[mike l]

I find it ironic that a lawyer would break the law.

No sensationalism here but there have been some arguments about wearing helmets , which I will admit are safe but not if you have been hit at 60mph or run over whereby a helmet is useless.

The helmets here are made of cheap plastic which provide little saftey whatsoever!

I have read a statistic that there are about 1000 motorcycle drivers killed each year in the DR and I am statistically minded so I am curious of the actuary tables of anyone that does not drink while not wearing a helmet on a motor bike that ends in a fatality.

tranquillo johnny

[DavidZ]

While I think there's no question helmets save lives, in general, I think enacting and enforcing safety equipment laws would save MANY more lives, and not just the lives of the moto drivers. The number of motorcycles, scooters; and cars and trucks for that matter, without headlights and/or rear lights is mind-boggling. I think it's safe to say that this is a huge cause of many accidents and ultimately, deaths on DR roads. If they did road blocks looking for missing lights vs. missing helmets/papers, they could save hundreds, if not thousands of lives a year.

[Chip]

Originally Posted by DavidZ

While I think there's no question helmets save lives, in general, I think enacting and enforcing safety equipment laws would save MANY more lives, and not just the lives of the moto drivers. The number of motorcycles, scooters; and cars and trucks for that matter, without headlights and/or rear lights is mind-boggling. I think it's safe to say that this is a huge cause of many accidents and ultimately, deaths on DR roads. If they did road blocks looking for missing lights vs. missing helmets/papers, they could save hundreds, if not thousands of lives a year.

You nailed it.

Throw in the fact that in the evening most of the motorbike drivers are drunk makes it ten times worse. There is also another influencing factor, the very high confidence that cars will see them and give way (as they were there first after all). The latter is a cultural phenomenom (also seen in various other manifestations - in a nutshell, I got here first - give way or wait until I'm done) with somewhat deadly results at times - even when no alcohol is involved.

[MikeFisher]

totally agree to that.
back to the first posts,
in one is stated 2 motoconchos died,
so what's with that other post which states a 'total of 6 deads'?
does somebody know how that accident happened anyways?, who's fault it has been?
Mike