A car suffered a serious accident on a Cuban highway this Monday and forced the intervention of police, paramedics and firefighters at the scene.
Reports on social networks indicate that there could have been deaths in the incident. At the time of writing this note, neither the authorities nor the official media are reporting on what happened.
Cuban Internet users shared videos of the event, in which the damage suffered by the vehicle could be seen. Apparently, it is a modern car, similar to those used for tourist rentals.
With its front part destroyed, the vehicle apparently collided with another, but it was impossible for this editorial team to determine the cause of the accident.
“Early in the morning, on the highway, before reaching Dos Caminos. Apparently, there are deaths. My condolences to the family members,” said a user of the Facebook group ‘Bus & Truck Accidents’.
At least two ambulances were transported to the scene, which has not been determined exactly. Reports place it on the highway to Santiago de Cuba, near the town of Dos Caminos, belonging to the San Luis municipality.
Apparently, the presence of the firefighters was due to the need to free the occupants of the vehicle who were trapped inside. Judging by the images, no fire broke out in the incident.
According to the report of the independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labradathe accident took place “this Monday morning on the Central Highway, between the towns of Dos Caminos and El Cristo in Santiago de Cuba.”
“You can see in this small video how the Tourism car was left, but we do not know at the moment what it was hit with. They say that there are no dead people, but there are injured people who were lying on the highway while others are being transferred to the Saturnino Lora Provincial Hospital in the main city.”
An alleged witness to the events indicated that “there was a failure in the direction of the car and they collided with a bush.”
“The people involved (who have already been rescued) are young people from the Palma Soriano Municipality. We don’t know if they are residents there, although they tell me they are visiting,” said Mayeta Labrada.
