A 54-year-old driver died on the night of Wednesday, November 11, after losing control of his vehicle and hitting a concrete pole at kilometer 19.9 of PR-936, at its intersection with PR-31, in Las Piedras, Puerto Rico. According to the Puerto Rico Police’s preliminary investigation, Tryone Nieves Martínez, a Humacao resident, was driving along PR-31 toward Las Piedras at a speed higher than the legal limit.
On reaching the intersection with PR-936, he lost control of the car, a 2000 Mazda Protegé, which left its lane and struck a concrete pole head-on. The driver suffered serious injuries. Paramedics who arrived at the scene treated the man and certified that he showed no vital signs.
Agent José Rivera Lozada, assigned to the Highway Patrol Division of the Humacao area, and prosecutor Israel A. Umpierre Chaar are in charge of the investigation.