A car accident occurred this Wednesday afternoon in Yateras, in the eastern Cuban province of Guantanamoleft a balance of a deceased person and at least two injured, according to official media.
The tragic event occurred in a place known as Loma de Muni, when a truck belonging to the Education sector in the town of Yateritas, and carrying food, overturned in one of the elevation curves, according to the published report. by the local newspaper overcome.
Refers to the information that Erileisis Romero Peña, President of the National Association of Small Farmers (Anap) of the municipality of Yateras, who died as a result of the accident, is traveling in the vehicle.
Some publications on social networks indicate that the incident left others injured, who were first treated at the Felicidad de Yateras polyclinic, but local media report that they were sent to the Provincial Hospital of Guantánamo, without danger to their lives.
With some frequency news emerges about traffic accidents that occurred in the dangerous mountainous routes of eastern Cuba, where the deterioration of the roads and the precarious technical condition of many vehicles are usually the causes of these tragic incidents.
At the end of November last year a massive accident occurred in Loma de Boquerón, also in the Guantanamo municipality of Yateras, left 20 injured. Then, the breakage of a transmission rod of the vehicle forced the driver to maneuver until the truck overturned to avoid worse consequences.
Cuba reports more traffic accidents in the first half of the year
In general, traffic accidents increased in the first half of this year throughout the country. The sixth month of the year closed with 44 deaths and 798 events, 158 more than those registered in the same period last year.
Indicators such as accidents, deaths and injuries experienced increases from January to June, accumulating figures of 4,871 accidents, 346 deaths and 3,565 injuries according to data from the National Road Safety Commission (CNSV).
According to the information offered at the time, 93% of the territories increased their records and only in the Isla de la Juventud Special Municipality the occurrence of accidents decreased. In addition, according to the CNSV, the increase in the indicators is directly related to disrespect for the right of way, speeding, technical malfunctions and the ingestion of alcoholic beverages.
