At least six dead and more than 50 injured is the result of the collision of two buses that occurred this Monday morning in the Morón municipality, in Ciego de Ávila.
The accident occurred on the highway between the city of Morón and the island of Turiguanó, when two Yutong buses collided, one belonging to the Union of Military Constructions (UCM) and another transporting tourism workers. according to the newspaper Invader.
As a result of the crash, four people died instantly and a fifth died at the Roberto Rodríguez Hospital in Morón, where most of the injured were transferred. It was later reported of a sixth fatality.
According to the Avilanian mediaother injured people were taken to the Antonio Luaces Iraola Hospital, in the provincial capital. Residents in Morón and Ciego de Ávila came en masse to donate blood for the injured, referred Invader.
In a later update, the outlet reported the names of the deceasedtwo of whom were drivers and four, tourism workers.
Also confirmed that there are six injuries reported with danger to life.
As for the causes of the accident, these are being investigated by the authorities.
However, the Minister of Transport explained on Facebook that the accident occurred “in conditions of poor visibility due to fog” and noted that “it is preliminarily presumed that the cause is human error.”
This Monday in Morón is another deadly traffic accident so far in 2025 in Cuba.
Just a few days ago, a tourist minibus hit against the separator of the National Highway in Cienfuegos, an event that left two women dead, one of Italian nationality and the other of Cuban nationality.
Previously, several accidents with fatalities were reported in the province of Camagüey.
one of them It was also the result of the collision of two buses. On that occasion, one of the vehicles invaded the road on which the other was traveling, which caused the death of three people – one initially and then two more— and left about 60 injured.
