A tourist vehicle overturns in Marianao.

The incident occurred at the busy intersection of 100th Avenue and 51st Avenue.


A rental car for tourists overturned on Sunday night after an accident in Marianao, Havana.

A fire department unit was dispatched to the scene. At the time this note was written, neither the state media nor authorities had reported on the incident.

Screenshot Facebook / Car Accidents in Cuba

"Accident in Marianao, at the intersection of 100 and 51. Passenger car," a user reported in the Facebook group 'Traffic Accidents in Cuba'.

The causes of the accident are unknown, although some users speculated in the comments about factors such as speeding and the rain that was falling in the capital.

A video shared in the mentioned Facebook group showed the car completely overturned, with its wheels facing the sky. The cabin appeared to have sustained damage, but the condition of the occupants is unknown.

The condition of the roads and streets in Cuba, along with the inadequate maintenance of rental cars for tourism, affects the safety of tourists traveling in these vehicles, which often end up overturned due to accidents.

At the end of April, a tourist vehicle overturned in front of the Havana Zoo, located on Avenida 26, for reasons that remain unknown.

Some photographs shared by the author of the post revealed the vehicle, seemingly a Hyundai Elantra, part of the arrivals to Cuba in October 2021, imported by the company Transtur S.A.

In mid-September 2023, a rental car for tourists overturned on the stretch of the National Highway between the provinces of Cienfuegos and Villa Clara, allegedly because the driver lost control of the vehicle.

Reports on social media indicated a traffic accident in which, according to witnesses, there were injured individuals.

A year before this incident, another rental car for tourists overturned in the Havana Bay Tunnel, due to reasons that were not disclosed, and thankfully, there were no casualties.

Reports on social media indicated that, despite the dramatic nature of the images, the passengers only suffered minor injuries. Apparently, the accident occurred due to wet pavement in the tunnel, which led to the loss of vehicle control.

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