A police patrol crashed into a tourist vehicle at kilometer 52 of the National Highway in the province of Mayabeque, several sources reported on Monday.
Juan Juan AL MEDIO posted a video on Facebook showing a tourist car, apparently a Kia, next to a fence, while the police car is in the middle of the road, causing traffic to be diverted in that section of the highway.
The images show that the police car collided with the other vehicle from the side.
Regarding the accident, a woman can be heard saying: “One police car against another.”
Also on Facebook, a user named Oslaine Martí reported that the accident occurred near the San Nicolás bridge in Mayabeque and that he was unaware of the causes or the condition of the occupants in the vehicles involved.
The deterioration of roads, combined with the poor condition of vehicles and the lack of spare parts, contributes to the high rate of accidents in Cuba, which unfortunately often results in loss of life and property damage.
This Sunday, another accident occurred on Cuba's Central Highway, where a truck overturned on the side of the road, just a few kilometers from the city of Las Tunas, along the route toward the neighboring province of Holguín.
There were no serious injuries reported in the incident, according to users in the Facebook group Revolico Las 40 Tunas. The number of people traveling in the crashed truck remains unknown.
Also last Saturday, a truck driver who was involved in an accident in the province of Granma spent several hours trapped in the vehicle until he was finally rescued by emergency personnel from the Fire Department.
Yobanis Peña Soto was inside the vehicle's cabin for four hours after losing control and overturning on a road in the municipality of Jiguaní.
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