Spectacular accident of a Moskvitch at the Holguín roundabout

A Cuban driving a Russian brand carMoskvitch He left a central roundabout in the main municipality of Holguín this Sunday.

It appears the driver was not injured, although the vehicle did suffer some damage.

"Accident today, November 19, 2023. In front of the Provincial Party, in Holguín. It seems that he hit the roundabout there very hard, and ended up falling in the very center of the roundabout, in front of the Plaza de la Revolución," the Internet user who reported the accident wrote in the Bus & Truck Accidents Facebook group.

"What happened to him was that the front tire came with little air and it came off the flange. The driver says he felt the explosion but the tire was healthy, so it must have been a lack of air that caused that."wrote a witness in the comments section, who shared several images of the scene.

"Sunday was ruined," said one Internet user in view of the damage to the vehicle.

However, several commentators agreed that, beyond the material damage, the most important thing is that the driver was not injured.

"That can be fixed, it is bad to be hit. What Moskvitch has not overturned or crashed in Cuba? Very few"; "Brother, come on, the irons are fixed, the important thing is life"; "The most important thing is to preserve life, 'the problem will fix itself' that happens to anyone"; "The important thing is health"; "The moska straightens out, life comes first," wrote several users in the group.

At the time of writing this note, there are no other details available about the event, which adds to the growing number of accidents of all kinds on Cuban roads in recent months.

Cuba registered 6,965 traffic accidents between January and October 2023, which represents an increase of 12.8% in relation to the accidents that occurred in the same period of the previous year, according to official figures.

The almost 7 thousand accidents that occurred in the first ten months of this year left 562 dead and 5,643 injured.

The head of the specialized traffic body of the General Directorate of the National Revolutionary Police, Colonel Roberto Rodríguez, mentioned among the main causes of the accidents: excessive speed, distractions and violation of the right of way, in addition to technical and Do not use a helmet or seat belt.

However, the official failed to refer to the deteriorated conditions of the streets and highways as one of the determining factors in the occurrence of road incidents in Cuba, nor did he make any reference to the deteriorated vehicle fleet in the country.