The number of fatalities in the accident that occurred on Tuesday in the vicinity of the Bacunayagua bridge, in Puerto Escondido, on the border between Mayabeque and Matanzas, it has risen to four. This Thursday, Nayeis González Villamil, the ten-year-old girl who was seriously injured and was admitted to the Elíseo Noel Caamaño pediatric hospital, in the city of Matanzas, died.
Reported on this, as happened with the incident itself, the official journalist Jose Miguel Solis on their social networks. The minor, like all the passengers of the passenger truck that collided that day with a tanker truck, was originally from Alquízar, Artemisa.
They were all going on an excursion to Varadero, when the vehicle they were traveling in collided with the other, around 7:30 in the morning. Three of them died after arriving at the hospital and another eight people remain hospitalized.
The minor, like all the passengers of the passenger truck that collided that day with a tanker truck, was originally from Alquízar, Artemisa
This same Thursday, two people died in another incident, which occurred in the municipality of El Salvador, Guantanamo. According to reports on social networks from accounts linked to the Ministry of the Interior, three people who were hospitalized were also injured in the accident.
In addition, in Havana, a woman lost her life when she collided with a tree on 25th avenue, near the Dr. Enrique Cabrera Faculty of Medical Sciences.
The latest data released by the National Road Safety Commission indicate that in the first four months of the year there were more than 3,000 traffic accidents on the Island, in which 243 people died and 2,300 were injured. The authorities attribute the main causes of the accidents to the invasion of the opposite lane and the lack of attention in driving. Mechanical damage, speeding and driving the vehicle under the influence of alcoholic beverages are also added.
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