{"id":522345,"date":"2026-08-23T19:48:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T23:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/13-year-old-teenager-dies-after-incident-at-their-residence-in-punta-cana\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T19:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T23:48:39","slug":"13-year-old-teenager-dies-after-incident-at-their-residence-in-punta-cana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/13-year-old-teenager-dies-after-incident-at-their-residence-in-punta-cana\/","title":{"rendered":"13-year-old teenager dies after incident at their residence in Punta Cana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <strong>Manuel Peralta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>La Altagracia<\/strong>.\u2013 A 13-year-old teenager passed away after being rushed to a health center in Punta Cana, following a tragic incident inside his residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to preliminary information attributed to the authorities, the teenager, whose identity is being withheld because they are a minor, was taken to a medical center, where their death was subsequently confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The competent authorities carried out the corresponding removal in the presence of a representative of the Public Ministry. The case is under investigation with the aim of precisely establishing the circumstances surrounding the unfortunate event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the preliminary version provided by a relative, hours earlier a family situation had occurred related to the use of a cell phone. Subsequently, the teenager returned to the home accompanied by a younger sister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You can also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/nacionales\/accidente-en-punta-cana-deja\/\">Accident in Punta Cana leaves one dead and two people<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some time later, the girl reportedly found the teenager in an emergency situation inside a room, so she immediately alerted her mother. The woman went to the scene and rushed the minor to a health center, where his death was unfortunately confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, the authorities have not offered a definitive conclusion regarding the circumstances of the event, so investigations are continuing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Out of respect for the dignity, privacy, and protection of the minors involved, their identities, images, and any sensitive details related to how the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@deultimominutotv\/streams\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@deultimominutotv\/streams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passing<\/a> occurred have been omitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Breaking news. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Manuel Peralta La Altagracia.\u2013 A 13-year-old teenager passed away after being rushed to a health center in Punta Cana, following a tragic incident inside his residence. According to preliminary information attributed to the authorities, the teenager, whose identity is being withheld because they are a minor, was taken to a medical center, where their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":522308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[44182],"class_list":["post-522345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dominican-news","tag-cover"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bSV","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-23-at-7.24.05-PM.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-23-at-7.24.05-PM.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}