Mexico City, Mexico.- After a rock slide, the main access to the eastern municipality of Tercer Frente, which presents a generally mountainous relief, has been sealed. the landslide It occurred at Cruce Prieto (Pedregoso), one kilometer before reaching Cruce de Los Baños, the head town.
As detailed by the journalist Cusco Tarradelthe dangerous incident occurred at approximately 4:20 pm on April 21, 2023.
“There are no reports of deaths or injuries from this event,” added the correspondent of the Cuban Television Information System in Santiago de Cuba.
Up to the time of publication of this note, no authority from Santiago de Cuba has offered statements on the process of recovery and reopening of the highway. More than 30 thousand inhabitants live in this town.
The closure was caused by rock slides, a natural phenomenon that occurs systematically. Therefore, preventive measures must be taken to minimize the damage caused by these events on roads.
Accidents in Santiago de Cuba
In 2021, an accident was reported on that same road that left about twenty people injured and one deceased, after a bus crashed.
At the beginning of this year, also in Santiago de Cuba, eight children and two adults were injured in a traffic accident that occurred in the town of Melgarejo, province of Santiago de Cuba.
A report from the telecentre Santiago TV indicated that, of the eight minors injured, one, 14 years old, presented a closed fracture of the pelvis and skull; three are treated in Orthopedics for shoulder and knee; while four others had to undergo surgery.
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