Truck overturns in Santiago de Cuba

Andtruck of the Chinese manufacturer HOWO suffered an accident this Monday inSantiago de Cuba when it overturned on a road for unknown reasons.

A report published on social networks stated that the incident occurred on the Siboney highway, in the town of Las Guásimas, located in the Contramaestre municipality.

“The driver was not injured!” announced the author of the report published in the group ofFacebook 'Bus & Truck Accidents'.

In the comments to the publication, an Internet user stated that the truck belongs to the Las Tunas Construction and Assembly Company, and that it was “providing service at the Moncada cement factory.”

Another Internet user identified the driver who was driving the truck with the last name of Cutiño, but said that the vehicle “belonged to Rafelito.”

“I came from the automobile museum. It turned in the simplest way I have ever seen. A silly curvita and cataplún: it overturned,” said a user who claimed to have witnessed the accident.

Others expressed their suspicions about the quality of HOWO trucks. “One [overturned] in Loma del Yarey and now another in Santiago de Cuba… uummm,” he indicated. “Now it is the HOWOs that are tipping over. What's going on?" said another.

Last Saturday,A truck was overturned on the side of the Central Highway of Cuba in Las Tunas, a few kilometers from the city, at the exit to the neighboring province of Holguín, for unknown reasons.

The day before, the driver of a HOWO truck that suffered an accident and overturned in the province of GranmaHe spent four hours trapped in the vehicle until he was finally rescued by rescuers from the fire department.