A spectacular Traffic accident It happened on Tuesday in the province of Artemisa, when a train It hit a car that approached the railway road at a crossroads, without fatalities.
The incident occurred around 2:00 pm, when the train that covered the journey between Havana and Pinar del Río Chocó the front of a car destined for the tourist rent in which four people were traveling, including a child under 13 years of age, according to a note of the local newspaper Artemiseño.
In Artemisa, Cuba a train crashed to a rental car because there were no railway signs
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Add the publication that the collision occurred on the cruise of Rafael Peña Street, the first of those that are located on the road that goes from the San Cristóbal Municipal Park to the José Martí community.
Two of the people traveling in the car suffered minor injuries, and one received medical care at the Comandante Pinares hospital, nestled in the town.
The publication that is Esther López Florentino, 65, resident in the Artemisa municipality, who presents a skull trauma without complications for life.
It also transpired that once the corresponding procedures for these types of situations have been completed, and check the technical conditions, the train could continue traveling to its destination.
Although the reasons did not transcend, several users of the networks referred to the lack of signaling in the place of impact.
It is the third time so far in the month of August in which a traffic accident on the island is recorded with the participation of a railway medium.
Derailment of a train in Matanzas leaves at least three injured
Just three days ago a passenger train that covered the Holguín-La Habana route suffered partial derailed Upon arrival at their destination, without reporting injured people.
The derailment was suffered by the locomotive while the formation entered the courtyards of the Central Station of Havana, with 984 passengers on board.
On August 6, a similar event occurred in Matanzas, in which the Guantanamo-Habana train was involved with more than 800 passengers, caused by a damage on the road near the Bellamar caves.
The incident left at least three minor injured – a passenger and two train service workers – and seven derailed cars, in addition to damage to about 250 meters of railroad.
