Massive accident in Santiago de Cuba leaves nine people injured.

The bus driver, 36 years old and a resident of El Cotorro, Havana, is in critical condition and at risk of death. One passenger is in serious condition.

Rastra y ómnibus accidentados en Santiago de Cuba © Gobierno Provincial de Santiago de Cuba
Truck and bus accident in Santiago de CubaPhoto © Provincial Government of Santiago de Cuba

Nine people were injured, two of them seriously, following a mass accident that occurred Wednesday morning in the municipality of Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba.

The incident occurred on the National Highway, in the section from Irijoa to Arroyo Blanco.

Photo: Facebook / Beatriz Johnson Urrutia

According to a post on Facebook by Beatriz Johnson Urrutia, the first secretary of the Party in the province, a bus from the Transtur Habana company, which was transporting 40 Cuban passengers from the capital to Santiago, crashed into a trailer belonging to EMGEF Electric Power Generation Group FUEL-OIL, which was heading toward Contramaestre.

Facebook capture / Beatriz Johnson Urrutia

The photos show that after the crash, the bus crashed into a house.

Photo: Facebook / Beatriz Johnson Urrutia

Miguel Ángel Díaz Núñez, director of Public Health in the territory, revealed that nine people were injured.

Photo: Facebook / Beatriz Johnson Urrutia

The bus driver, Henry Yanes Díaz, 36 years old, residing in El Cotorro, Havana, is in critical condition and facing life-threatening danger.

For his part, passenger Ricardo Matos Reyes, 58 years old and a resident of the city of Guantánamo, is reported to be in serious condition but not in danger of death.

The other injured individuals have minor injuries.

Everyone is being treated at the Juan Bautista General Hospital in Palma Soriano (the two seriously injured are in intensive care). When possible, the nine will be evacuated to the city of Santiago to continue their medical care.

So far, the causes of the accident have not been reported.

What do you think?

COMMENT

Filed under:


Do you have anything to report? Write to CiberCuba:

editors@cibercuba.com +1 786 3965 689