One deceased and more than 60 injured in a traffic accident in Camagüey

AREQUIPA, Peru – On the evening of this Friday, a massive accident occurred on the northern ring road of the main municipality of Camagüey. According to the state newspaper Forwardthe incident left one person dead and more than 60 people injured who required medical assistance.

Miguel Arias Vázquez, provincial delegate of Transportation in the province, said that “two buses from eastern provinces were involved in the incident, a leased Transmetro, license plate B225819, from Songo la Maya, Santiago de Cuba, and the other B193327, from UCM No. 4 bound for Havana.

The rented car was coming on the Central Highway preferential route, and when the other arrived at the intersection of this Northern Beltway with the Central Highway, it did not see the stop sign, invaded the road and caused “this terrible event.”

Dr. Rodolfo Domínguez Rosabal, director of the Manuel Ascunce Domenech provincial hospital, assured that the Health system received 61 patients, 7 children and 54 adults, of the latter five are in critical condition, with danger to lifeand the rest are carefully evaluated and under surveillance in the institution’s minimum care rooms.

“Three patients entered the room as a result of severe closed abdominal trauma due to liver ruptures, hollow visors and are already undergoing anesthetic recovery for subsequent transfer to the progressive care units of our institution,” he highlighted to the official press.

As for the seven minors, all of them are in no danger to life, five of them in the surgery room of the Eduardo Agramonte Piña pediatric hospital, with small lacerations of less than three centimeters, and two in the Intermedia room, in all The cases are accompanied by family members.

This incident adds to a worrying trend in Cuba, where traffic accidents have shown an increase in recent years. According to official data, between January and October 2023, 6,965 traffic accidents were recorded, an increase of 12.8% compared to the same period in 2022. These accidents resulted in 562 deaths and 5,643 injuries.

The province of Camagüey has not been immune to this problem. On January 2, a tragic traffic accident It occurred around 10 in the morning at kilometer 71 of the highway towards Santa Cruz del Sur. In the incident, one person, identified as Ramón Chávez Águila, lost his life and 63 were injured.

The main causes of these accidents in the country include excessive speed, the poor technical condition of vehicles and roads, and lack of attention to vehicle control.