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At least ten people were hospitalized Friday after a minibus and pickup truck collided head-on on Highway CA-5 in Carrizal, Taulabé, Comayagua, with both vehicles sustaining severe damage.

Congressman José Jaar filed a motion urging the Infrastructure Ministry to work with the road concessionaire to improve signage and complete pending four-lane expansions on the CA-5 highway between Siguatepeque and San Pedro Sula.

Six people, including three children, were hospitalized after two vehicles collided on the CA-5 highway near Amarateca in Tegucigalpa; rescue crews extracted trapped passengers and authorities are investigating the cause.

Demonstrators blocked the CA-5 highway in Villanueva and a detour toward Calán in Cortés department, disrupting traffic in the area.

A minibus overturned on the CA-5 highway near El Durazno on Sunday afternoon, injuring seven passengers when it collided with a sedan; the cause remains unclear, though rain and wet pavement were present at the time.

The Infrastructure Ministry installed protective mesh on a steep section of the CA-5 Sur highway in Francisco Morazán to prevent rockslides and reduce hazards for travelers and local residents.

Honduras's National Police are demanding housing, education, and health care for families of seven officers killed in a June 17 bus-truck collision on the CA-5 highway in Comayagua, along with wage increases and reduced pension-fund interest rates for all personnel.

Yorbic Adony Vallecillo, a National Police officer with eight months on the force, was among seven police killed in a crash on Highway CA-5; from El Porvenir, he had recently promised his father he would buy a bass guitar to play in his church.

A tractor-trailer collided with a police bus on the Rodeo grade of the CA-5 highway Wednesday afternoon, killing several officers and injuring others, with the exact toll still unconfirmed.

A woman died after being hit by a vehicle on the CA-5 highway at El Pajonal while attempting to cross; the driver fled without providing aid, and authorities are investigating.