And young Cuban was run over on Saturday night by a Lada car, when it was crossing the Malecón, in Havana.
In a published video in the Facebook group BUSES & TRUCK ACCIDENTS for more experience and fewer victims!, the moment was captured when several people helped the young man after the accident and they take him to a hospital.
The author of the publication, identified as Carlos Miguel Sánchez, reported that the incident occurred in front of the restaurant 1830 and according to what witnesses told him, the young man was crossing the street “with the phone in his hand and a beer,” when he was hit by the Lada, which “was speeding and he didn't have time to stop when the boy was thrown at him.” in front of".
The publication sparked debate among Internet users, as some blamed the driver of the Lada for driving at excess speed while others blamed the pedestrian for crossing the avenue without paying attention to traffic.
A man thought that the car was not traveling at more than 40 or 50 km/h and that it is a fast road, which leads to the entrance of the tunnel, where it should not be crossed.
However, another Internet user, who identified himself as the brother of the young man who was run over and claimed to have been there, admitted that the victim “crossed without looking,” but the Lada “was coming hard.”
He also considered that “even if it is the entrance to the tunnel, the driver, no matter how fast the road is, when the street is populated with pedestrians, has to slow down; Even though it is a fast road, you are forced to go down to 30 km as a precaution. That is what 109 says very clearly,” he concluded, referring to the law that establishes the Road Safety Code current in Cuba.
Another witness to the accident, apparently a friend of the young man who was run over, said that he remained stopped in the middle of the avenue "because of nerves," but stressed that the car was traveling at a higher speed than allowed, and the skid mark "went the 20 meters.”
He also added that fortunately the victim only received a few stitches and is in some pain. “Thank God, everything is fine,” he said and said that the young man had been discharged on Sunday, at 12 noon, from the hospital where he was transferred after the accident.
This was not the only traffic accident in Havana this weekend. Saturday night in Punta Brava, La Lisa municipality, two cars collided and witnesses to the incident stated that there were fatalities and a minor suffered serious injuries.
On Sunday morning, a car hit a truck in the Arroyo Naranjo municipality, in front of the Alí Bar, a place also known as “La Esquina del Benny”. The car was completely destroyed, however, only the driver suffered some injuries.
And spectacular accident between an electric tricycle and a car It occurred in the Alamar neighborhood, in the Habana del Este municipality. The incident occurred on the way down the Alamar hill, when the tricycle driver was trying to make a U-turn and collided with a Lada.
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