A massive accident This Thursday night left four dead and 16 injured, two of them in critical condition, on the National Highway, a few kilometers from the Zaza bridge.
A newspaper report Escambray indicates that the accident involved a bus that covered the route from Havana to the east of the country. The incident occurred around 11:00 pm and mobilized the province’s emergency services.
According to the media, the four people died at the moment the incident occurred and have already been identified as Edilberto Aldana García, 23 years old, from Vertientes, Camagüey; Conrado Peña López, 58 years old, from Santiago de Cuba; Niurka de la Caridad Argelí Ladisté, 56 years old, from Santiago de Cuba, and Ualter Chávez Galán, 30 years old, from Cauto, Granma.
The identity of the two patients in serious condition, those who underwent surgical interventions, is still unknown, he adds. Escambray. One of them suffered “a burst of the frontal bone,” and the second “a right hemothorax and a liver laceration,” explained Dr. Malena Morera Campos, coordinator of therapies and emergencies at the Camilo Cienfuegos Provincial General Hospital.
The specialist adds that among those injured is a five-year-old child, without any type of serious injury, who remains admitted to the José Martí Pérez Provincial Pediatric Hospital, in Sancti Spíritus.
Meanwhile, he adds, the rest of the injured at the Camilo Cienfuegos “are evolving favorably and are being kept under observation to evaluate their state of health.”
So far, “evolutionary ultrasounds and other procedures performed do not reveal any complications,” said Morera Campos.
According to preliminary testimonies from passengers treated after the accident, the vehicle involved is a Diana bus that was making an interprovincial trip. Authorities are still investigating the causes of the accident.
At the beginning of January, two deaths and a score of injuries were the result of a traffic accident that occurred in the province of Camagüey, in the section known as the Curva de Ignacio, in the municipality of Jimaguayú, when a bus transporting workers from the Mariel Special Development Zone, coming from Holguín, left the road and overturned. informed the Cuban News Agency (ACN).
Days later, on January 13, another accident left six dead and five injured in the province of Holguín, in the municipality of Moa, on the highway to Baracoa, according to the newspaper Now.
A truck belonging to Womy Equipment and a tricycle carrying passengers were involved in the incident, according to press reports and online publications.
More than one hundred deaths from accidents in 2025
Deaths from traffic accidents in Cuba increased by more than a hundred in 2025 compared to the previous year, Cuban authorities reported in January.
Last year, 750 people died as a result of events of this type, which represents an increase of 18.3% compared to the 634 deaths in 2024, according to a report from the National Road Safety Commission, cited by the agency. EFE.
Deaths from traffic accidents in Cuba increased by more than a hundred in 2025
This increase occurred despite the fact that the number of accidents recorded (7,538) was similar to the previous year (7,507).
The accidents in 2025 also left a total of 6,718 injured, a growth of 1.6% compared to the 6,613 reported in 2024.
The authorities indicated that seven out of ten accidents generate victims, mainly due to vehicle collisions, which continue to be the “most dangerous” accident, with 36% of the total deaths.
Furthermore, they indicated that the main causes of the total number of events were associated with the human factor, including lack of attention to vehicle control, failure to grant the right of way, and excessive speed.
The National Road Safety Commission also associated the occurrence of accidents with an increase in the vehicle fleet in Cuba, “mainly of vulnerable vehicles, such as motorcycles and mopeds.” review the newspaper Granma.
The above meant “a greater number of drivers with less experience and maneuverability to face the challenges imposed by a greater flow of vehicles, on the same deteriorated road axis,” said Lieutenant Colonel Chetty Carlos Lastre Rodríguez, head of the specialized traffic body of the Cuban police.
In addition to human causes, the Government has also recognized that the poor condition of the roads, due to the general lack of maintenance, as well as the age of the vehicle fleet – with vehicles with several decades of use – are factors that influence the occurrence of accidents.
