Car crash

A road accident in the municipality of Esmeralda, in the province of Camagüey, left six people injured, including two children, on the afternoon of this Friday, April 19.

Local officials reported the incident, in which a truck overturned while traveling on the Central Highway of the Northern Circuit, near the Community of Lombillo.

The unit was transporting construction materials and was traveling towards Nuevitas when the driver lost control and overturned, ending up with the vehicle on its side on the side of the road.

The note, however, does not specify whether the injured were traveling in the unit or were nearby, although it is understood that it would be the first option, since it does not mention another vehicle involved.

The media identified the injured by name and age, and although it specified the injuries of two of them, no details were mentioned about the state of health of the others, including the two minors. The list of injured is as follows:

• Alejandro Vidal Rojas, 54 years old, Nuevitas municipality – presents a head trauma.
• Iván Martinez Socarrás, 33 years old, Lugareños community – has neurological impairment and loss of mobility in the lower limbs.
• Claudia Rivero Ortiz, 25 years old from the Jiquí town, Esmeralda municipality.
• Loinier Ceniz Lopez, 41, Jiquí locality, Esmeralda municipality.
• Loinel Ceniz Rivero, 6 years old, from the Jiquí town, Esmeralda municipality.
• Lorena Ceniz Rivero, 4 years old, from the Jiquí town, Esmeralda municipality.

According to the source, the injured were transferred to the Amado Fernández municipal hospital, from where they were referred to the provincial hospital.

After the accident, municipal authorities also went to the hospital to inquire about the evolution of the injured. At the moment, details of his condition are still unknown.

Car accidents are increasingly frequent in Cuba, especially those involving large units, such as trucks and buses.

Just this week there were three truck overturns in the provinces of Las Tunas, Granma and Santiago de Cuba. In one of these incidents, The driver spent several hours trapped in the cabin due to the damage to the truck.

Another traffic accident occurred on one of Cuba’s roads, now in the province of Las Tunas, where a cargo truck was overturned on its right side.

Through social networks, users shared images of the accident, where the red truck is seen overturned on the side of the road and surrounded by people.

According to the publication of user Yulior Ferrer Escalona, ​​the accident occurred on the Central Highway, a few kilometers from Las Tunas, at the exit to the province of Holguín.

The accident occurred on the morning of this Sunday, July 14, at the Las Tunas checkpoint towards Holguín, although the causes are still unknown.

According to the author, only two people were traveling in the vehicle, and although both were injured, it was with minor injuries, “nothing serious,” as he let it be known in the comments when questioned in the publication.

At the time of writing this note, the province in which the vehicle is registered was not known, nor the company or entity to which it belonged, and therefore, its use.

Among the users, one commented that he would have been a driver of the same unit, which he would have recognized in the publication, and that, according to a legend on the windshield, it would serve as a “national passenger and cargo service.”

“I gave it more than 300 trips and left it with its mirrors, and look at these, in a while they destroyed it,” he wrote, attaching a photo of the truck in good condition.

These types of accidents are common on Cuban roads, where the poor condition of the roads, the lack of signage and poor lighting make motorists increasingly vulnerable, although the government continues to blame them for their “recklessness” when driving. .

Just this week, another truck overturned in the province of Granma, where the driver spent several hours trapped in the cabin after overturning on the side of the road, having to wait for the first responders for the difficult rescue due to the damage to the unit.

A Cuban truck driver spent several hours trapped inside the vehicle after it crashed on a highway in the province of Granma.

The driver, identified as Yobanis Peña Soto, was trapped for four hours inside the cabin of the truck he was driving, after having an accident on a road in the municipality of Jiguaní, in the aforementioned province.

The events occurred around 2:40 pm this Friday, April 12, in Loma del Yarey, when the driver lost control of the vehicle, which ended up overturning on the side of the road, among the grass and trees.

The Cuban was traveling with a companion who was immediately rescued with minor injuries, but he was trapped due to the damage suffered by the vehicle, whose dents and twisted iron left the driver trapped in the cabin.

First responders from the Granma fire department arrived at the scene. The Howo dump truck belonged to the Gelma Clearing and Construction Company, of the Ministry of Agriculture.

As reported on its social networks by the official media CNC TV Granma, the truck rushed down a slope, and the combination of weight and speed inclined it downhill, causing it to overturn.

After four hours trapped, the driver and his companion were taken to the hospital for medical evaluation, and both were reported out of danger.

Traffic accidents in Cuba are one of the constants, and in fact they have been increasing in recent years.

The poor condition of the roads, the lack of signage and poor lighting are the main causes pointed out by the population, although the government continues to attribute them to excessive speed and recklessness of drivers.

An elderly Cuban died after being hit by a tourist rental car on the morning of this Friday, April 5, in Santa Clara, capital of the province of Villa Clara, Cuba.

According to reports on social networks, the vehicle, a white Hyundai truck, was traveling at excess speed, and on its way it lost control and hit the sidewalk, taking down a pole and the old man.

According to the publications, the man was cleaning the road at the time of the accident, when he was hit by the vehicle. Due to his advanced age, he did not resist the blow and died at the scene.

One of the publications, found in the Facebook group “Buses & Truck Accidents,” included photographs of the vehicle, which showed considerable damage to the front, as a result of the collision, both with the telephone pole and with the fatal victim. .

Photographs of the body on the ground were also included, although covered with a black tarp. According to witnesses, the occupants of the vehicle were not even affected by what happened.

“He knocked down a telephone pole. At the time of the photos she still had people stuck in the car. The deceased is an old man who was cleaning the road. Even after doing what they did, they showed no signs of regret,” the source concluded.

In another publication, one of the alleged witnesses claims to have noticed the high speed at which the person in the white car was driving, and although it was a rental vehicle, he stated that they looked like Cubans.

“I did see the Hyundai. It wasn’t going very fast, but it did seem like it was driving fast and furious, a Sub that loses stability out of nowhere. The crew of the car looked like Cubans and well, the grace of the speculator is going to pay off very dearly for them,” he indicated.

The situation caused great indignation among users on social networks, who pointed out the high rate of traffic accidents involving cars dedicated to tourism, attributing them to the recklessness of the visitors.

“They think that by paying they can do whatever they want”; “Just the word high speed eliminates in me any vestige of camaraderie with the driver. The maximum penalty for anyone who, through recklessness of that nature, takes the life of a human being”; “They are all the same, they rent those cars and drive at full speed as if there were no other people on the roads”; “Many Cubans are wrong when they come to Cuba, the four pesos cannot go to your head,” were some of the comments.

At the moment the identity and nationality of those involved are unknown, as well as the legal consequences they will face. The identity of the victim has also not been revealed.

The publications mention that the police took all the crew members of the vehicle, but some fear that if they are foreigners they will be let go without consequences.