A truck falls off a bridge in Villa Clara

A truck fell this Wednesday off a bridge in the province of Villa Clara. The accident occurred near the Jicotea town, in the Ranchuelo municipality.

"On the curve bridge, at the exit of Jicotea, in Villa Clara", wrote Internet user Jarkin Sánchez on social networks, who accompanied his publication with two photos in which the vehicle can be seen overturned down the ravine right in the bridge section.

Despite the spectacular images, in the comments section of the publication in one of the groups where the accident has been disseminated, an Internet user He clarified that the two occupants of the vehicle emerged almost unharmed.

"He is a co-worker of mine and the only thing that happened to him is that he broke his wrist and nothing happened to the other co-worker," wrote Efran Alfonso, who did not specify which company the truck belongs to.

"It was a truck with a van. The driver only suffered a blow to the wrist, only material damage, I passed by the place," agreed another witness, identified as Jabdiel Antonio López.

Many commentators celebrated that despite the shocking photos, there were no serious injuries to report.

So far, the cause of the vehicle leaving the road has not been revealed.

Road accidents of all kinds have not given up on Cuban roads since the beginning of the year, following the same trend that already marked 2023.

In another recent incident, the Girón bus driver suffered minor injuries after crashing the vehicle he was driving into a truck in the early hours of this Wednesday, in Jaruco, province of Mayabeque.

Last year 729 people lost their lives in Cuba as a result of traffic accidents. The authorities counted 8,556 road accidents that left 5,938 injured.

The human factor was responsible for 91% of these events, the authorities said.

At least “60% of accidents, 48% of deaths and 66% of injuries were caused by not paying attention to vehicle control and not respecting the right of way"said Colonel Roberto Rodríguez, head of the Specialized Traffic Body of the General Directorate of the National Revolutionary Police (PNR).