The derailment of a load train in Mayabeque It caused a spill of a thousand in the area, as well as damage to cars and the railroad.
The incident occurred at 3:10 pm on Monday on the Hershey line, at the height of the Jibacoa Apeadero, and affected a train that carried honey to bulk from two sugar plants of the province of Camagüey, according to the Cuban transport minister.
“As a consequence of the accident, three of these tanks overturned, a spill of the product was generated, while a fourth car was derailed without turning,” said Eduardo Rodríguez Dávila On your Facebook profile.
The information does not require the amount of honey transported by the train or provides an estimate of how much would have spilled in the scene.
After the derailment, the cargo allocation was notified – which is not revealed in the publication – and specialized personnel of several railway entities, together with the police and local authorities moved to the place “to coordinate the response work”.
According to Rodríguez Dávila, the objective of these tasks is to evacuate honey of the affected tanks and contain the spill.
No human damage, but materials
The head of Transporte explained that “an initial evaluation on the site confirmed that no damage to the personnel that manned the train”, while the locomotive was not affected either.
However, damage to the railroad is reported, “with an estimated 300 damaged naughty and approximately 400 meters affected”, to which the effects are added in the derailed wagons.
To solve these problems, “the technical means and specialized personnel have been mobilized to initiate infrastructure repair work, with the aim of restoring rail circulation in this line as soon as possible,” said the minister.
In parallel, an expert commission has already begun investigating the causes of the accident.
The derailment of this Monday is the most recent of a series of rail accidents that occurred in recent times in Cuba, some of which have left victims and consideration damage to the equipment and the roads.
Among the most recent facts are The one suffered in mid -August for a passenger train upon arrival in Havana, although without injured or damage of consideration, and another at the beginning of that own month In Matanzasa fact that left at least three minor injured and seven derailed cars and affected about 250 meters of railroad.
Although the authorities have not publicly deepened the reason for these facts, the reports point to damage on the ways, caused by maintenance problems and alleged acts of vandalism.
