Monday, December 14, 2009

29 People Killed in Traffic Accidents (Regional News)

In an article in El Periodico on December 9th the writer describes how 29 people have been killed in auto accidents since December 4th on the Bridge of the Constitution Immaculate. 8 Motorcyclists have died. Most of the reasons for the crashes have been speed and distractions.

Sunday December 6th was the most tragic day when 10 people died. On Saturday there were 7 deaths, Tuesday there were 6, Monday there were 5 and Friday there was only 1.

This entire year there have been 1782 traffic deaths in Spain. This is a decrease of 13.6% from the past year. Although this is a terrible number, Spanish officials are happy to say that 280 more lives were saved this year from last year.

Here is a link to the online article: http://www.elperiodico.com/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=46&idioma=CAS&idnoticia_PK=668902&idseccio_PK=1021

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