A truck went off the road this Sunday on a bridge in Sancti Spíritus, becoming lodged in the median, whose narrowness prevented the vehicle from falling into the void.
"In Sancti Spíritus. Highway after the Punta Diamante bridge. Apparently [it was] loaded with goods. I am unaware if there are any injuries," reported a user from the Facebook group 'Accidentes Automovilísticos en Cuba'.
A video shared in their post showed the vehicle off the road, fallen between the two lanes of the Carretera Central. Apparently, the width of the truck prevented it from falling onto the Autopista Nacional, which runs beneath the level crossing.
Punta Diamante is a popular council and locality of the municipality of Cabaiguán, in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba. Its perimeter is crossed by the central highway and the railway, and it is located just 1km from the National Highway, where the incident took place.
At the time of writing this note, neither the authorities nor the local official press are acknowledging what has happened. It is unknown if there were any injuries in the accident. There is also no confirmation regarding the user’s report about the cargo being transported by the truck, which, by its appearance, seems to be intended for passenger transport rather than goods.
In mid-August, the driver of a Cuban state truck was injured after his vehicle fell from the Santa María del Rosario bridge, located in the Havana municipality of Cotorro.
Days earlier, another truck fell off a bridge while traveling on a road towards Berroa, in Havana. Fortunately, its occupants emerged unscathed from the accident, according to witnesses.
The seven occupants of a truck had less luck, as they were injured in February—three of them seriously—when the vehicle fell from a bridge on the Masó-Las Mercedes road in Granma.
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