Tourist car overturns in front of the 26 Zoo in Havana

A tourist car ended up overturned this Sunday morning in front of the Havana Zoo, located on 26th Avenue, for unknown reasons.

“This morning, at Ave 26 and Zoo. In my opinion, he entered the curve quickly,” said an Internet user in the group of Facebook ‘Bus & Truck Accidents’.

Some photographs shared by the author of the publication allowed us to appreciate the vehicle, Apparently a Hyundai Elantra of those that arrived in Cuba in October 2021, imported by the company Transtur S.A..

At the time of writing this note, the causes of the accident are unknown, which neither the authorities nor the official media have reported. The number of occupants of the vehicle at the time of its accident is also unknown, nor the condition in which they were left after the event.

“I live in front of Acapulco and it just so happens that I saw him pass in front of CUPET. At that moment I was putting fuel and it went at a really crazy speed. When I went up to the Ciudad Deportiva, I saw him in that situation. "I'm sure he fell into a sewer that is in front of the Barbaran and that's when he lost control," said an Internet user in the comments to the publication, pointing to the driver's alleged excessive speed as the cause of the accident.

“That curve is famous and historic for the number of accidents that have occurred in both directions. In fact, the authorities have marked both curves with refractory and thick bands to warn drivers, but unfortunately accidents continue to occur,” added another.

In September of last year, A state taxi overturned in the vicinity of Nuevo Vedado, in the Plaza de la Revolución municipality, in Havana.

Users of the Facebook group 'Buses & Truck Accidents' indicated that the accident occurred on streets 26 and 32 and the driver of the car was taken to the Calixto García hospital with injuries.

Three years before, An ambulance overturned in the middle of 26th Avenue, shortly before a torrential downpour began that caused major flooding in several areas of Havana. "Gentleman, this was today on the 26th curve after the Zoo... before the rain... go easy," wrote one Internet user, pointing out the danger of that stretch of road in the capital.