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Fatal Accidents: Police Investigate Crashes that Claimed Two Lives in Caguas and Arecibo

Updated Jun 25, 2026 · via El Nuevo Día

The Police are investigating two fatal traffic accidents reported on Wednesday night in Caguas and Arecibo, which claimed the lives of two people. The first accident occurred at 10:26 p.m. in front of a veterinary clinic on Degetau Avenue in Caguas, where a motorcyclist collided with a car making a turn, was thrown off, and run over by a Hyundai Elantra. The motorcyclist, who was not immediately identified, was taken to a hospital with serious injuries and later certified dead.

Agent Noel Santana and prosecutor Liza Y. Morales Jusino are handling the investigation. In a separate incident, 19-year-old Naim Vélez González lost control of his vehicle on PR-637 in the Miraflores neighborhood of Arecibo at 11:25 p.m., crashed into a parked car and two residential fences, and was fatally injured.

Agent Ángel De León Camacho and prosecutor Ramón Allende are investigating the second accident.