MADRID, Spain.- A massive accident that occurred late Sunday night in Pinar del Río left eleven people injured.
As specified official mediathe truck number B156662, belonging to the Los Palacios Integral and Grain Company, overturned on the highway access bridge to the popular council of Herradura.
A girl and her mother were admitted to the Pepe Portilla Pediatric Hospital. While the other nine injured were transferred to the Abel Santamaría Cuadrado Hospital. Four patients are in critical condition.
the local station Radio Guama released the names of those admitted to the Abel Santamaría Hospital. They are:
- Juan Carlos Sánchez Brito: Brito was driving the truck. He is a resident of Consolación del Sur and is 53 years old. He is kept under observation.
- Juan Carlos Guerra Ramírez: Resident in Herradura; 48 years old. He is kept under observation.
- Yojany Sánchez Valdés: Resident in Consolación del Sur; 31 years. Reported critical for head trauma. He is ventilated.
- Trinidad Sánchez Brito: Resident in Consolación del Sur; 58 years old. Reported critical for head trauma. She is ventilated.
- Yoan Torres Sánchez: Resident of Consolación del Sur; 45 years. Reported critical for head trauma. He is ventilated.
- Elisney Rodríguez González: Resident in Consolación del Sur. It is kept under observation.
- Yaniesky Romero García: 34 years old, remains under observation.
- Reinier Roy: Resident of Pinar del Río, 34 years old. He is kept under observation.
- Yaslay Gutiérrez Delgado: Resident of Consolación del Sur; 35 years. He is kept under observation.
Recent traffic accidents in Cuba
Last Tuesday two people died from a traffic accident that occurred in Hummock, Ciego de Avila province.
A Yutong bus collided with a white lada that was destroyed.
The woman who was in the car, identified by a Facebook user as Yanet, died instantly, and the driver was taken in serious condition to the Roberto Rodríguez de Morón hospital, where he died shortly after.
While on Wednesday four people died and another 42 were injured in a mass transit accident that occurred in the municipality of Los Arabos, province of Matanzas.
The incident occurred in the population settlement of Crucero Hondo, located about two kilometers from the municipal seat of Los Arabos.
The event occurred when a passenger truck that covered the route between Los Mangos and Los Arabos ended up overturning on the side of the road.
Major Eddy Estévez Rodríguez, head of Traffic in the province of Matanzas, told local media that the driver lost control of the vehicle due to a bad maneuver at the wheel, for which he ended up hitting a tree.
The Provincial Government of People’s Power in Matanzas indicated that among the injured were six minors.
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