The Department of Public Safety said yesterday that Sergio Apostol, 67, who passed Friday last week after a car collision across the Shell gas station in Puerto Rico last Dec. 16, died of sudden cardiac arrest due to his injuries in the car crash.<\/p>\n
The DPS statement said that Dr. Tanuja Edvalson of the Commonwealth Health Center pronounced the victim dead at 11:50pm on Dec. 19, 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This crash incident marks the CNMI\u2019s second traffic fatality for the year 2019, DPS said.<\/p>\n
The two female occupants of the beige Toyota Highlander that hit Apostol\u2019s vehicle sustained minor injuries, received treatment and was released.<\/p>\n
Apostol, on the other hand, lingered for days in the Intensive Care Unit of CHC before passing away last Friday morning.<\/p>\n
Police said no alcohol was involved in the crash, and that investigators are trying to determine if speed was a factor.<\/p>\n
According to Saipan Tribune archives, the car collision occurred at about 8pm last Dec. 16 across the Shell gas station in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n
Apostol was rushed to CHC right after and was immediately brought to the operating room for emergency surgery at about 9:30pm.<\/p>\n
Shell surveillance footage that was leaked on social media showed an SUV speeding through Puerto Rico just across Shell at 7:59pm as the sedan that Apostol was driving turned slowly into the gas station.<\/p>\n
The SUV collided with the passenger side of the sedan, sending it flying backwards as the SUV continued forward before hitting a nearby power pole. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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