A serious multi-vehicle collision on one of the Dominican Republic’s busiest intercity corridors left at least 10 people injured on Holy Thursday, after a passenger bus rolled over following a crash with a sport utility vehicle.
The accident unfolded close to the third tollbooth along the Northeast Highway, which connects the capital city of Santo Domingo to the popular coastal destination of Samaná, near the access point to the El Aguacate de Arenoso community. At the time of the collision, the passenger bus was en route to Santa Bárbara de Samaná, carrying a full load of travelers ahead of the religious holiday weekend.
Preliminary accounts from first responders confirm that the chain of events began when the SUV struck the passenger bus, robbing the bus operator of control of the vehicle and triggering the overturn. Local law enforcement and emergency management teams have confirmed that, as of the latest updates, no fatalities have been recorded from the incident. All injured people received initial on-site medical stabilization from first responders, while they waited for additional emergency crews to arrive and transport them to nearby care facilities.
One lingering detail has added uncertainty to the developing account of the crash: the bus driver’s current location remains unaccounted for, and authorities have not yet released information about their whereabouts. A formal investigation is now active to piece together the full context of the collision and confirm the exact root causes that led to the accident.