Young Artemisa Man Dies weeks Afterโค Motorcycle Accident, Highlighting Cuba’s Road Safety Crisis
Artemisa, Cuba – A young โmanโ from Artemisa province has died weeks after sustaining injuries โคin a motorcycle accident, adding to a growing number of traffic fatalities in Cuba. The death,recentlyโค sharedโ on social media,underscores the increasing risks associated with motorcycle use amid a โขnational transportation crisis.
The victim’s name has not been publicly released.Details surrounding the accident and the โconditionโ of any passengers remain unknown. News ofโ his passing promptedโค an outpouring of griefโฃ online, with Yeni Pรฉrez writing inโ the Facebook group “Guanajay Revolico,”โค “EPD my life, fly highโฆ yourโข departure has caused great pain for all your friends and especially for your โfamilyโฆ no one expected this, how โคhard everythingโฆโ we areโ going to miss you a lot.”
The tragedy occurs against a backdrop of escalating traffic accidents involving motorcycles and mopeds. According to the National Road โขsafety Commission’s most โrecent report, โthese โvehicles โฃare involved inโค 52% of all traffic accidents in โCuba โand are โฃresponsible for 32% of โdeaths andโฃ 42%โค of injuries.
This incident is one of severalโ recentโ fatal motorcycle accidents reported across the country. Earlier this week, a motorcyclist died in Guanabacoa, Havana, โขafter colliding with a horse cart. Prior to that,an 18-year-old woman was fatally struck by a โtruck while riding an electric motorcycle in Eastern Havana. In โHolguรญn,โข two separate motorcycle accidents resulted in fatalities just days โคbefore.
Traffic accidents โare a leading cause of death and seriousโ injury in Cuba, exacerbated by poorโข road infrastructure, โa deteriorating vehicle fleet, and โคlimited โฃresources for road maintenance, according to โฃofficial reports. Throughโ the first eight months of this year, 502 people have died in traffic accidents – representing 80%โค of all traffic-related deaths in 2024, signaling a critically important increase โin road โคfatalities.
