A traffic accident that occurred on Monday night in Havana left at least two people dead. The first two days of 2023 have closed with a red day with various accidents that have claimed the lives of about six Cubans and left dozens injured.
The event occurred on the Vía Blanca, after the Guanabacoa traffic light and near a cookie factory, when a motorcycle collided with a Comunales truck, which was “crushed” by the heavy vehicle, commented user Fausto Diego Ortega Moreno. in the Facebook group Accidents and Trucks.
“In my opinion, the truck ran over it and crushed everyone on the motorcycle. Due to the low visibility, I could see human remains and they were going to cover them up, the motorcycle was left in the jeep behind the truck and the rubber was missing right front to the truck”, reported the Internet user.
In the publication, other users, such as Leyan Pérez Cosme and who identified himself as the cousin of the truck driver, pointed out that the unit had stopped due to bearing problems and they had put the rubber as a sign. It was the motorcycle, according to what they said, that hit the vehicle.
The pro-government journalist Lázaro Manuel Alonso pointed out in networks that two people died at the time of the accident, although some witnesses report that the figure is higher. However, the authorities have not yet confirmed this accident and the identity of the victims is unknown.
The first two days of 2023 have followed the trend of the last days of 2022 and have been deadly for Cuban roads, mainly due to the increase in transfers for the Christmas and New Year festivities, which, together with the consumption of alcohol and the carelessness at the wheel, contribute to the increase in road accidents.
This Monday a massive accident occurred at kilometer 4 of the Guantanamo-Havana highway, where four people lost their lives and 28 were injured.
This Monday a massive accident occurred at kilometer 4 of the Guantanamo-Havana highway, where four people lost their lives and 28 were injured. According to the provincial press, a Transtur bus of the Yutong brand was transporting Guantanamo teachers who work in the capital and their families, a total of 32 people on board the unit.
Among the injured are four seriously ill, all of whom underwent surgery at the Doctor Agostinho Neto hospital in Guantanamo. There are another 24 people under observation, including two minors, according to the newspaper. overcome.
Around 7:00 pm on Sunday, another massive accident occurred on the Pinar del Río-Havana highway that caused 12 injuries, who were transferred to different medical assistance centers in the province. This Monday it was confirmed that nine of the people were discharged and three were still in complex medical conditions.
The most up-to-date data from the National Highway Commission confirms a 41% increase in accident deaths in accidents between January and October 2022
The Cuban News Agency explained that at the Abel Santamaría Cuadrado Hospital, Yoany Sánchez Valdés, 31 years old and a resident of the municipality of Consolación del Sur, is being treated, who remains in critical condition due to head trauma. Also hospitalized at this center are Trinidad Sánchez Brito, 58, and Yoan Torres Sánchez, 45, both from Consolación del Sur and with a serious clinical picture.
The accidents of the last week claimed the lives of at least 11 people, according to reports on social networks and the official press. The most serious tragedy occurred last Wednesday, in the Los Arabos municipality, Matanzas, where five people died and 42 were injured.
Last Tuesday, two people died when a Yutong bus rammed a Lada brand vehicle in the tourist corridor to Cayo Coco, Ciego de Ávila. The previous day, two people also lost their lives and several were injured after a truck lost its brakes in the curve known as La Herradura, on the highway to Cidra de Matanzas.
That same Monday, a woman and a man died on the highway that connects Guantánamo and Baracoa in a collision between a car and a motorcycle.
The most up-to-date data from the National Highway Commission confirms a 41% increase in deaths from accidents between January and October 2022, with 566 Cubans perishing in 8,187 accidents reported in the first ten months of last year.
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