At least three dead and several injured after a collision between a tourist car and a tractor in Sancti Spíritus

An accident on the National Highway of Cuba left at least three dead and several injured this Friday afternoon, after the collision of a tourist car and a harrow loaded with oranges in the province of Sancti Spíritus.

The fact, reported by the independent mediaCuba Time, occurred at Kilometer 349, in the Sancti Spiritus town of Taguasco.

The report says that the accident occurred when a passenger car collided with a harrow loaded with oranges that had passengers on top of the load and was completely overturned on the side of the road.

Residents in the area stated in the comments to the publication thatat least three people died andthere are several injured, but their number has not been specified.

Journalist Henry Constantin, from the aforementioned media, said that thetourist car It was completely crushed in its front part and the harrow had people on top of the load.

The images show the harrow completely overturned on the side of the road, on the fruits.

Despite the unfortunate incident, Cubans have reacted with surprise to the existence of sweet oranges in Cuba and their destination, as they assure that there are 16-year-olds on the island who do not even know that citrus fruit.