Driver accused over the Los Chorros pileup will remain in pretrial detention
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The Second Magistrate's Court of Colón ordered that the truck driver accused over the October 2 crash at Los Chorros, on the Pan-American Highway, remain in pretrial detention while the case proceeds. Prosecutors charge him with negligent homicide, negligent injury and dangerous driving, and say he was speeding and driving without a license. The crash, in which the truck hit several vehicles and a route 202 bus, left five people dead and more than 12 injured.
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