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University student dies in hit-and-run on Panama-Colón highway

A 20-year-old university student was fatally struck by a car on the Panama-Colón highway. The driver of a gray sedan hit the woman who was walking on the shoulder. The victim died at a hospital. Police are investigating the case.


University student dies in hit-and-run on Panama-Colón highway

A young woman, approximately 20 years old, was struck and killed by a vehicle on the Panama-Colón highway on Tuesday, in the area of the 20 community. Apparently, the young woman was walking on the shoulder of the road when the driver of a gray sedan vehicle swerved onto the roadway and hit her. The front of the car was damaged in the impact. It was learned that the young woman was a university student and was heading to her educational center at the time of the accident. At the scene, the young woman was assisted and transported to the emergency room of a health center, but she arrived without vital signs. An investigation has been launched into this fatal hit-and-run that resulted in the death of the young woman.

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