Train hits a tractor in Havana

A train hit a tractor that was parked incorrectly on the line in the El Cotorro municipality, in Havana.

“Tractor and car parked badly next to the railroad line and the train, no matter how hard it tried to stop, couldn't and hooked it. In Cotorro,” he commented in the popular Facebook group BUS & TRUCK ACCIDENTS for more experience and fewer victims! the user Roy Mendez Alvarez.

“No, and you don't know anything, the one with the white car underneath was fixing it and the train came honking hard and the guy never got off. There are crazy people,” added Méndez Álvarez, who shared an image of the event.

Apparently, the train was able to slow down because, as seen in the image, the impact on the tractor did not cause major damage.

On Monday, a giant pothole on the National Highway caused uA driver lost control of his vehicle and collided with another car that was traveling on the road.

No deaths were reported in this accident that occurred on the first ring of the National Highway, also near El Cotorro.

Also, on Monday,an ambulance collided with a horse cartthat was traveling on a highway in Camagüey.

No loss of life was reported in the accident, but the ambulance was out of service indefinitely, something that is a serious blow to the deteriorated medical services of the territory and the country.

Cuba registered 6,965 traffic accidents between January and October 2023, which represents an increase of 12.8% in relation to the accidents that occurred in the same period of the previous year, according to official figures.

The almost 7 thousand accidents that occurred in the first ten months of this year left 562 dead and 5,643 injured.