A pedestrian is in critical condition after being struck by a car while crossing Puerto Rico’s PR-2 highway in front of the Ernesto Ramos Antonini public housing complex in Ponce, the Puerto Rico Police reported. The man, who has not been identified, was taken to the Centro Médico in Río Piedras. According to the police account, the driver of a 2016 Toyota Yaris was traveling west to east in the right lane of PR-2 and, at kilometer 226.0 at the intersection with PR-585 in Ponce, hit the pedestrian, identified in the report as a John Doe, who was crossing north to south behind some vehicles and not using the pedestrian crossing area.
The impact left the injured man with serious wounds. He was treated by paramedics and taken to a hospital in the area, where the doctor on duty referred him to the Centro Médico in Río Piedras. The driver, a 58-year-old woman, remained at the scene of the crash.
Agent Julio Malavé, assigned to the Highway Patrol Division for the Ponce area, and prosecutor Alexandra Aulet are handling the investigation.