Six injured, two of them children, after a truck overturns in Camagüey

Six people were injured, including two children, aftera truck overturned this Friday afternoon in the Esmeralda municipality, in the province of Camagüey, according to a media outlet from that town.

The accident occurred on the Central Highway of the Northern Circuit, near the Lombillo Community of the aforementioned Camagüey municipality, whenA construction materials truck that was moving towards Nuevitas lost control and overturned.

The official note identified the injured by name and age, although it did not detail the clinical condition of the injured.

However, they did describe in a general way the damages suffered by two of those involved, but they did not specify anything about the other four, including two minors.

Alejandro Vidal Rojas, 54 years old, Nuevitas municipality - presents a head trauma.

Iván Martinez Socarrás, 33 years old, Lugareños community - has neurological impairment and loss of mobility in the lower limbs.

Loinier Ceniz Lopez, 41, Jiquí town, Esmeralda municipality.

Claudia Rivero Ortiz, 25 years old coming from the Jiquí town, Esmeralda municipality.

Loinel Ceniz Rivero, 6 years old, coming from the Jiquí town, Esmeralda municipality.

Lorena Ceniz Rivero, 4 years old, coming from the Jiquí town, Esmeralda municipality.

The official source specified that the patients were immediately transferred to the Amado Fernández municipal hospital, from where they were referred to the provincial hospital.

After the accident, municipal authorities went to the hospital to inquire about the evolution of the injured.

Until the closing of this note, official sources have not offered other details or updates on the clinical condition of the injured.

In recent days, several trucks have overturned on Cuban roads, although none have had as many injuries as the one in Camagüey.

This same week, a truck from the Chinese manufacturer HOWO of the Las Tunas Construction and Assembly Company suffered an accident in Santiago de Cuba when it overturned in the town of Las Guásimas, in the Contramaestre municipality, for unknown reasons. In that case, fortunately, the driver was not injured despite the spectacular images.

Added to this is that on April 13, anotherA truck was overturned on the side of the Central Highway in Las Tunas, a few kilometers from the city, at the exit to the neighboring province of Holguín, also for unknown reasons.

The day before, on the 12th, another HOWO truck suffered an accident and overturned in the province of Granma. The driver of the vehicleHe spent four hours trapped in the vehicle until he was finally rescued by rescuers from the fire department.

Road accidents of all kinds have not let up on Cuban roads since the beginning of the year, following the same trend that already marked 2023.

Last year, 729 people lost their lives in Cuba as a result of traffic accidents. The authorities counted 8,556 road accidents that left 5,938 injured. The human factor was responsible for 91% of these events, the authorities said.