Havana/A traffic accident in which a truck was involved that loaded liquefied gas cylinders in Santiago de Cuba left at least two dead and six injured this Saturday. According to the governor of the province, Manuel Falcón Hernándezthe wounded were transferred to Hospitals of Contramastre and Palma.
“The causes of the fact are investigated,” said the official on the incident registered on the Central Highway, in Arroyo Blanco, in the municipality of Palma Soriano. Users on social networks denounced the poor state of that road and pointed out their deterioration as a possible cause of the incident. “They know but do not recognize it,” said an Internet user.
![A truck loaded with liquefied petroleum gas cylinders was involved in the traffic accident](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 16 9"%3E%3C/svg%3E "A truck that loaded liquefied gas suffers an accident in Santiago de Cuba and leaves two dead")
/ Facebook/Manuel Falcón Hernández
The accident puts gas distribution, whose shortage in the eastern provinces has generated discomfort among people looking to acquire the product. This has led to a counterreloj race to distribute liquefied oil gas that arrived on January 31 on a ship to the Santiago de Cuba dock.
Transport Minister Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila, recognized at the end of January that the poor state of the roads “charges invoice directly in accidents and in the deterioration of vehicles.” Although he mentioned that “it is difficult to know precisely the impact of vials in poor condition on the quantity and severity of accidents.”
In addition, he stressed that “accidents of more fatal consequences suffered in recent days have been in some of the vials in better condition.”
/ Facebook/Manuel Falcón Hernández
However, he accepted that roads are a pending task of his wallet. “The road conservation program has not advanced as we need for material causes, mainly the fuel deficit suffered by the country; Although the lack of strength specialized in road work, the lack of equipment and the obsolescence of existing ones, ”he said.
Official data indicate that the Island registered in 2024 a total of 7,507 traffic accidents, 12% less than those reported in 2023 (8,556). In this year there have been at least four mass traffic accidents.
