Traffic Accident

Onner Suazo Martínez, a 26-year-old security guard, died when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck in La Ceiba on the evening of August 15.

A collision between a mototaxi and a motorcycle in Sabanagrande, Francisco Morazán, left six people injured on Saturday, including a child and a pedestrian struck by one of the vehicles; their conditions were not disclosed.

Delsy Maribel Hernández Hernández, a Class I police officer assigned to El Negrito, Yoro, died after her Toyota Corolla veered off Highway RN-23 near Vueltas de Chancaya on Friday.

A 20-year-old motorcyclist, Jeison Fajardo, died in a traffic accident on the highway between Santa Bárbara and San Pedro Sula; police cordoned the scene as locals mourned the loss.

Surveillance video captured a driver traveling at high speed seconds before crashing into a residential wall in San Pedro Sula.

A motorcyclist died and a female passenger was seriously injured when the bike, traveling at excessive speed in the Villa Nueva neighborhood, left the road and crashed into a house on August 2.

Investigators say worn-out rear brake pads and a burst auxiliary pump likely caused a bus to lose control in Tegucigalpa's Los Pinos neighborhood on August 2, killing two men, aged 67 and 72, and injuring at least five others.

Police arrested a woman suspected of negligent homicide and negligent injury following a traffic accident in Taulabé.

An elderly man died after being hit by a car while crossing the Anillo Periférico in Tegucigalpa on Sunday, July 26, in the area between the Divino Paraíso and Cantarero López neighborhoods.

Luis Castro, the President's private secretary, was hospitalized after a traffic accident on the CA-5 highway on July 26; officials said none of those in the vehicle suffered serious injuries.

A four-vehicle collision near Cofradía in Cortés left three people injured and hospitalized; the driver of one vehicle fled the scene.

Víctor Manuel Pineda Trejo, 69, a security guard, died Saturday morning when his motorcycle collided with a Ford Escape on a main street in San Pedro Sula; authorities are investigating the cause.

Marco Sorto and Arnaldo Mejía died at Hospital Santa Teresa de Comayagua after sustaining severe injuries when they fell from the bed of a vehicle on Thursday night.

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.

A serious collision involving several heavy trucks closed a road in Blanquito, Choloma, Cortés, after the vehicles became lodged across the highway.

A baby was killed in a traffic crash in Puerto Cortés after a pickup truck driver allegedly ran a red light and struck another vehicle; security cameras captured the collision.

A man and woman riding a motorcycle were killed when struck by a heavy truck on a road in Villanueva, Cortés; authorities were investigating the crash.

A young motorcyclist died on July 6 after losing control on a curve along kilometer 111 of Honduras's CA-5 highway and colliding with a pickup truck near San Pedro Sula; authorities have not identified the victim.

A speeding intercity bus traveling from Victoria to Yoro collided with a pickup truck and overturned on July 5 on Route 23 near La Regina between Morazán and El Negrito, killing at least four people and injuring about a dozen; passengers reportedly asked the driver to slow down before the crash.

A bus on the Victoria–Yoro route collided with a white pickup truck in Morazán, Yoro, leaving several people injured; witnesses reported at least two deaths, but authorities have not yet confirmed fatalities.

A judge ordered Wilian Obeth Medina Cáli held in pretrial detention after he allegedly hit and killed Alejandra Patricia Meza Reyes, 23, a municipal band member from Petoa, Santa Bárbara, in a traffic accident in La Esperanza, Intibucá; prosecutors plan to upgrade the charge to aggravated reckless homicide.

Keylin Gómez, 19, died on June 27 after a motorcycle accident in Arenales, Lepaera, in the Lempira department; authorities are investigating the cause.

A woman died early Sunday when her car struck an electrical pole on the Peripheral Ring road near Tegucigalpa's Quezada neighborhood; authorities suspect excessive speed caused the crash, which left another person injured.

Two people died and others were injured in a serious traffic accident in Marcovia, Choluteca, with the victims preliminarily identified as Kevin Ávila and Reyna García.

A young motorcyclist, Marlon Gerardo Antúnez Díaz, died after a traffic accident on a median of Boulevard Kuwait in Tegucigalpa.

One person died and several others were injured when a vehicle overturned in Santa Rita, Santa Bárbara department; the deceased was identified as Adán Aguilar, and the injured are receiving treatment at Santa Bárbara Integrated Hospital.

A driver has been ordered held in pretrial detention in Támara after a crash killed seven National Police officers.

A tow-truck driver involved in a fatal accident at a rodeo in Comayagua has been formally charged and ordered held in pretrial detention.

Firefighters controlled a fire that erupted following a vehicle accident near a gas station on Calle de Los Alcaldes, with emergency crews treating three people injured in the incident.

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.