Fourth victim of fatal accident in Dorado dies

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The police said Wednesday that Isaías Malavé Marrero, 20, died at the Río Piedras Medical Center after being injured in the fatal accident that occurred early Monday morning on highway PR-2 in Dorado.

Malavé Marrero suffered head injuries in the crash, in which Yarelis Torres Alicea, 20; Ángel Gabriel Rivera Gómez, 20; and a 17-year-old minor were also injured.

According to the preliminary report, the accident occurred when Yamaveh Rivera Hernández, 26, was driving a 2012 wine-colored Acura LX while participating in an illegal race. He lost control of the vehicle and hit a 1999 bronze Mazda Protege, whose occupants were unharmed.

Rivera Hernández then crashed into a 2001 Toyota Corolla, driven by Yarelis Torres Alicea, who was accompanied by Joelys Santos Sanchez, 21. Torres Alicea lost control and, after hitting another vehicle, her passenger died.

In the impact, pedestrian Kevin Torres González, 21, also suffered serious injuries and died in the hospital. Another spectator, José E. Cartagena Rosario, 19, died at the scene.

The accident left several people seriously injured. Rivera Hernández was given a breath alcohol test, which showed .102%.

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