NewsWhore
04-06-2010, 04:40 PM
The final wrap-up bulletin (No. 4) issued by the Emergency Operations Center (COE) shows that the efforts by 40,000 volunteers and safety workers over the Easter break were worthwhile. The 2010 total of deaths is 43% lower than last year, declining from 56 to 32 deaths. For the Easter long weekend, which ran from Thursday to Sunday, 414 people were affected, of whom 323 were involved in traffic accidents, 57 had to be hospitalized for alcohol poisoning, 31 for food poisoning and three dead by drowning. Of the deaths, 13 occurred in traffic accidents involving a motorcycle, and 16 involved vehicles.
The COE reports that this year there were 102 traffic accidents, with 323 people affected and 29 deaths. In all, 225 vehicles, and 166 motorcycles were involved in the accidents.
COE director General Juan Manuel Mendez, the director of the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) Major General Jose Anibal Sanz Jiminian and Police public relations director General Nelson Rosario issued yesterday's final bulletin. They highlighted the fact that Dominicans had cooperated with the safety measures, and praised the role of the press in communicating preventive measures. Mendez stressed that the 9% reduction in accidents involving motorcyclists is thanks to the work of the AMET, which banned more than two people from traveling on a motorcycle and obliged the use of helmets. Sanz Jiminian said that AMET would now strive for helmet use to become permanent.
Nelson Rosario said that during the operation, the Police searched 43,471 people, confiscated 173 knives and 30 guns, and arrested 55 fugitives from justice.
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The COE reports that this year there were 102 traffic accidents, with 323 people affected and 29 deaths. In all, 225 vehicles, and 166 motorcycles were involved in the accidents.
COE director General Juan Manuel Mendez, the director of the Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) Major General Jose Anibal Sanz Jiminian and Police public relations director General Nelson Rosario issued yesterday's final bulletin. They highlighted the fact that Dominicans had cooperated with the safety measures, and praised the role of the press in communicating preventive measures. Mendez stressed that the 9% reduction in accidents involving motorcyclists is thanks to the work of the AMET, which banned more than two people from traveling on a motorcycle and obliged the use of helmets. Sanz Jiminian said that AMET would now strive for helmet use to become permanent.
Nelson Rosario said that during the operation, the Police searched 43,471 people, confiscated 173 knives and 30 guns, and arrested 55 fugitives from justice.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#4)