A fatal collision was reported Saturday night on PR-10 in Ponce, the Puerto Rico Highway Patrol Bureau informed. According to preliminary investigation by agent Jorge Ocasio Ortiz, the crash occurred at 10:57 PM, when driver Nanette Caldenario Serrano, 36, driving a black 2024 Ford F-150, allegedly invaded the opposite lane at kilometer 13.4 and struck a Toyota Tacoma with the front left of her truck.
The driver of the 2003 Tacoma, identified as William Pagán, 59, a resident of Lares, died at the scene from the trauma he suffered. Prosecutor Guillermo Figueroa Vázquez ordered both vehicles seized for expert examination and the transfer of the deceased to the Institute of Forensic Sciences for autopsy and other analyses. Agent William Cruz Rodríguez handled the chemical alcohol test procedure for the driver while she was treated at Hospital San Lucas in Ponce.
Agent Edwin García Lugo, assigned to the Technical Services Division of the Ponce Criminal Investigation Corps, documented the scene and collected the corresponding evidence.