NewsWhore
12-20-2010, 03:50 PM
19-year old Martha Heredia, who revved Dominicans to vote for her leading her to win the Latin American Idol pop show title, is making headlines now for a tragedy that occurred when she was driving from Santiago to Santo Domingo near Villa Altagracia. As reported in El Caribe, on Saturday morning before 7am she was driving a Rav4 and impacted 16-year old Haitian national Watson Toussaint Vendre at Km. 43 of Duarte Highway at the point known as "death curve, as reported in Hoy.
According to El Caribe, Heredia herself was injured. She received first assistance at the Padre Billini Psychiatrict Hospital on the highway, and reported was later hospitalized in a private clinic in Santo Domingo.
Elise Vendre, father of the youth, says he understands it was an accident and does not blame Heredia. But he told El Caribe that the family would seek economic compensation. The accident occurred 100 meters from the home of the deceased.
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According to El Caribe, Heredia herself was injured. She received first assistance at the Padre Billini Psychiatrict Hospital on the highway, and reported was later hospitalized in a private clinic in Santo Domingo.
Elise Vendre, father of the youth, says he understands it was an accident and does not blame Heredia. But he told El Caribe that the family would seek economic compensation. The accident occurred 100 meters from the home of the deceased.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)