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Driver spends hours trapped after truck overturns in Granma

Yobanis Peña Soto spent up to four hours, trapped inside the cabin of the truck, after having lost control of the vehicle, which ended up overturning on a road in the municipality of Jiguaní.

Imágenes del accidente © Facebook / CNC TV Granma
Images of the accident Photo © Facebook / CNC TV Granma

The driver of a truck who suffered an accident in the province of Granma He spent several hours trapped in the vehicle until he was finally rescued by fire department rescuers.

Up to four hours passed Yobanis Peña Soto, trapped inside the cabin of the truck, after having lost control of it and having overturned on a road in the municipality of Jiguaní.

Screenshot Facebook / CNC TV Granma

As reported in his the official media CNC TV Granma, the accident occurred this Friday in Loma del Yarey, and the driver and a passenger were involved, who managed to be rescued immediately.

“Rescue and rescue brigades from the Granma Fire Department went to the scene to rescue Yobanis Peña Soto, the driver of the vehicle, who was trapped as a result of the damage suffered by the cabin of the truck. Leyder Ramirez Cabrales, who was also traveling in the car, was treated immediately and only had minor injuries that were not significant, according to medical criteria," the aforementioned media indicated.

Neighbors of the El Yarey community reported that the event occurred around 2:40 pm, “when a Howo brand dump truck belonging to the Clearing and Construction Company (Gelma), belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture, lost control in a slope and ended up tipping over.”

Screenshot Facebook / CNC TV Granma

“After four and a half hours of hard work, the driver of the car was rescued,” he reported. CNC TV Granma in a later in which he highlighted the efforts of “rescue workers, officials of the Ministry of the Interior, doctors, paramedics, nurses, drivers, neighbors and the highest authorities of the province.”

Likewise, he indicated that the two occupants of the truck were taken to the hospital to be evaluated. “At the close of this information, their lives are not in danger,” the official media stated.

The poor state of the roads in Cuba, added to the difficulties in purchasing spare parts - necessary for repairs and maintenance of trucks and other heavy vehicles on the Island - affect their accident figures.

At the end of March, a truck and a bus that covered the Baracoa-Santiago de Cuba route They collided on the La Farola highway, in the province of Guantánamo, in an accident in which three people were injured.

A note on social networks by the journalist Miguel Reyes Mendoza He stated that the bus was hit by the truck near Alto de Cotilla, located on that dangerous route.

On the same dates, a truck hit a pharmacy in the province of Sancti Spíritus, allegedly after failing to climb a slope located on a road in the town of Jíquima.

A day before this event, the driver of a public transport truck was injured after his vehicle fell from a bridge at kilometer 64 of the National Highway.

Reports on social networks indicated that the driver lost control of the vehicle and fell off a bridge near the entrance to the municipality of Jagüey Grande.

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