A serious roadway collision between two passenger vehicles left at least five people injured Saturday afternoon along a busy Dominican Republic highway, local emergency authorities confirmed. The crash unfolded on the Punta Cana–Miches corridor, just a short distance from the popular Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, a top tourist destination in the coastal resort region.
Among those hurt was Yunior Bienvenido García Macea, the operator of a red Daihatsu GS. Macea’s vehicle flipped during the incident, coming to a rest upside down on the roadway. He suffered enough harm that responding teams transferred him to the Nuestra Señora de La Altagracia General and Specialty Hospital, located in nearby Higüey to receive urgent care.
The driver of the second vehicle involved, Luis Aquino Ortiz, was also rushed to a local medical facility for evaluation and treatment, being admitted to the Punta Cana Medical Center. Three other people who were riding in the vehicles — Hitel Arias, Nadieli Aybar, and Naideli Adames — sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to Verón Hospital to address their conditions.
Preliminary official accounts place the time of the accident at approximately 4:45 p.m. local time. Multiple emergency response agencies, including the national 911 emergency dispatch service, the Dominican Republic Fire Department, RD Vial road management authority, and Digesett traffic police, were dispatched to the scene to clear the roadway, extract trapped occupants, and provide on-site first aid. As of the latest update, law enforcement and transportation officials are continuing their probe into what caused the collision, with no preliminary findings on fault or contributing factors released to the public yet.