A mass traffic accident that occurred this Friday in the province of Las Tunas left at least 52 people injured, they reported. state media. Among the injured are six people in serious conditions, including children and pregnant women.
The incident took place at 3:30 p.m. when a passenger truck that covered the route between Tana and Santa Rosalía overturned at kilometer 21 of the highway from Amancio to Colombia, in the south of the province. The local press pointed out that the causes of the accident are still unknown.
The injured with more complex medical conditions were referred to the Ernesto Guevara Provincial Hospital, while the rest were treated at the local assistance centers. According to Katiana González, director of Health of Las Tunas, among the patients in danger are two children, one eight and one year old, who have head trauma. In addition, there are two pregnant women and eight pediatric patients under observation.
The year 2022 closed with an upturn in traffic accidents due to the increase in mobility within the country during the Christmas holidays
The provincial press detailed that 41 of the injured come from the municipality of Colombia, nine from Amancio (Las Tunas), while two more are from Guáimaro (Camagüey).
The year 2022 closed with a rebound in traffic accidents due to the increase in mobility within the country during the Christmas holidays, although the accident rate indicators collected between January and October already show a 27% growth compared to the same period in 2021. , were alarming, according to the latest data provided by the National Highway Commission. The institution reported that in the first 10 months of last year, 8,187 accidents were registered, which claimed the lives of 566 Cubans and left 6,175 injured.
Among the main causes of accidents is a lack of attention when driving and the invasion of the opposite lane, as well as speeding. The Cuban authorities also attribute ignoring traffic signals, making inappropriate turns and the low perception of risk for pedestrians and drivers. Added to this is the deficient state of the country’s road network due to lack of maintenance, little road education and the circulation of an automobile fleet characterized by its age, with cars over 50 years old.
“It has been called the simple epidemic,” neurosurgeon Ángel Jesús Lacerda Gallardo, from Ciego de Ávila, told the provincial newspaper Invasivewhich noted that car accidents “have claimed more human lives than any of the great epidemics known to mankind.”
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