MADRID, Spain.- Twelve people were injured in a traffic accident that occurred this weekend in the municipality of Mayarí, province of Holguín, when a rented car collided with an animal-drawn car that was transporting passengers.
Among the injured, the passenger Yudelkis Peña Fonseca and the three-year-old boy Yuniesqui Simales Peña are reported in serious condition.
As reported by the local media Radio Mayarithe child was transferred to the Octavio Concepción y de la Pedraja Pediatric Hospital in the city of Holguín, and he had to undergo assisted ventilation and emergency surgery.
Yudelkis Peña Fonseca receives specialized care at the Vladimir Ilich Lenin General Teaching Hospital, also in the provincial capital.
The rest of the injured are the adults Rosa Aldana Pérez, Yarisley Pérez López, Sucel Batista Ruiz, Yudelvis Peña Fonseca, Daniela Verdecia Batista and the coachman Ramón Sánchez Palmero, as well as the minors Rosa Amalia Simales Peña, 9 months old. , Asli Alejandra Pelegrín Aldana, two years old, Moisés Sánchez Batista, six years old and Leandro David Jardines Pérez, 15 years old.
All patients are under observation and the driver of the car was referred for orthopedic surgery, said Elsa Idalmis Aguilar, head of the nursing corps at the Mártires de Mayarí hospital.
According recent data officials, during the first quarter of 2022 in the Province In Holguín, traffic accidents increased compared to the same period of the previous year.
In the first three months of this year in said province there were 163 accidents, 32 more than last year in the same period, 18 deaths (+3) and 139 injuries (+66).
According to the authorities, these accidents were mostly due to disrespect for the right of way; not paying due attention to vehicle control; speeding and events caused by technical malfunctions.
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