{"id":304732,"date":"2023-06-30T13:04:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T17:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=304732"},"modified":"2023-06-30T17:43:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T21:43:50","slug":"deputy-fire-chief-letang-cites-lack-of-road-safety-practice-as-reason-for-increase-in-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/deputy-fire-chief-letang-cites-lack-of-road-safety-practice-as-reason-for-increase-in-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy Fire Chief Letang cites lack of road safety practice as reason for increase in accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_304735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304735\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-304735 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Wayne-Letang-2-e1688144483338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"787\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-304735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wayne Letang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deputy Fire Chief Wayne Letang has raised concerns over the increase in the number of motor vehicular\u00a0accidents on island.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His concerns came while addressing a press briefing held at the Dominica Fire and Ambulance Department in Roseau on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent times there has been a number of motor vehicular accidents, some resulting in death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne of the issues that we have is looking at our data we have seen an increase in motor vehicular accidents,\u201d he said. \u201cFor example in 2022 we responded to approximately 150 motor vehicle accidents where we had to intervene and provide medical care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Letang continued, \u201cAnd this year so far, just for the half of the year, we have 45 or so motor vehicle accidents that we had to give care to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He believes the level of traffic and the road safety ideas of persons who are driving are some of the things that could lead to motor vehicular incidents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, Letang said in some cases the accidents are caused by motor vehicular error.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 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