SLP, Mexico.- Three people died this Monday due to a accident of traffic that occurred on the central highway, in the vicinity of the town of Bejuco, province of Las Tunas, as confirmed media of the official press.
In Facebookhe Newspaper 26 He stated that the accident occurred due to a collision between a rented car and a taxi. He tour He had left Havana bound for Guantánamo and the taxi had left from Las Tunas bound for Matanzas.
Two people who were aboard the rental vehicle and the taxi driver died.
“The taxi with license plate B217284, driven by citizen Rodelio Gómez Patino, invaded the opposite lane and collided with the Tour car with license plate T043495, driven by Danilo Gaiza Martínez, a Cuban citizen living abroad, who was passenger to citizen Daniel Gaiza Martínez,” wrote the local newspaper.
The collision between the cars caused a fire in the tourist rental car, which was reduced to ashes.
On social networks, Internet users spread videos that show the magnitude of the incident and the neighbors trying to offer help after calling the authorities.
“Several followers are reporting on this social network about a shocking traffic accident this Monday on the Central Highway, in Bartle, Las Tunas, when a taxi and a tourist car collided. The two cars caught fire. Five people were on the tour while two were traveling in the taxi. They all died. According to information, the tour was heading towards Guantánamo,” was the preliminary report from Rolando Guerra Machín, administrator of the group of Facebook “The Purial Holguín Cuba.”
This weekend also revealed a accident traffic accident that occurred in Rejondones de Báguanos, province of Holguín, which left at least one dead and six injured.
A report of state newspaper Now He pointed out that a cargo truck and a light car were involved in the accident that occurred this Saturday.
All the injured were transferred to the Lucía Íñiguez clinical surgical hospital. According to official information, among those affected were Luis Miguel Figueredo Peña, 23 years old; Edecio Vallas Durán, 55 years old; Luis Ramón Lugo Almaguer, 24 years old; and Yandel Gael del Río, 34 years old.
For its part, the eight-year-old girl Daliannis Samantha Lugo, a resident of Barajagua, municipality of Cueto, was treated at the Octavio de la Concepción de la Pedraja pediatric hospital.
That same day, another collision between two trains was reported in the vicinity of the so-called Elevado de Guayos, a town in the municipality of Cabaiguán, province of Sancti Spíritus.
The impact took place between a freight train coming from the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM) bound for Camagüey and another one originating from Ciego de Ávila in which six wagons were moving with crude oil destined to be processed at the Sancti Spiritus refinery. Sergio Soto.
