A 23-year-old man died early Tuesday, November 3, after the vehicle he was driving struck a concrete pole on PR-591 in Ponce. The Puerto Rico Police Bureau identified the driver as Jafet Rodríguez Avilés, a resident of Ponce. According to the preliminary investigation, Rodríguez Avilés was traveling in a 2011 Nissan Rogue, wine-colored, when, at kilometer 3.3, he apparently lost control of the steering wheel and crashed into the pole.
The police said Rodríguez Avilés died at the scene from the injuries he suffered in the impact, at 12:44 AM. The circumstances surrounding the accident remain unknown. Officer Jorge Ocasio, assigned to the Ponce Patrol and Highways Division, is in charge of the investigation alongside prosecutor Jennifer Ortiz.