Yutong bus crashes into an electric pole in Havana.

A bus from the Chinese manufacturer Yutong crashed into an electric pole in Havana this Monday, in an accident that did not leave any injuries or fatalities, only minor damage to the vehicle and the worn electrical infrastructure of the capital.

"Just a few minutes ago, a blue Yutong (I think it's one that serves the military) crashed into a metal post on the divider of street 25, between the Playa exit and the detour towards the Institute of Genetics, the limits between the municipalities of Playa and Marianao. Only material damage is visible. I didn't take photos because I was on a motorcycle and it was raining," reported a social media user.

Your information, shared through the Facebook group 'Accidentes Automovilísticos en Cuba', was supplemented with images shared by another user who claimed to have witnessed the accident, caused by the rain and the accidental fall of other motorcyclists, which forced the bus driver to maneuver to avoid hitting them, colliding with the pole after the sharp change of direction.

"I took those two photos, I was riding a motorcycle in front of the bus. Everything happened because another motorcycle was coming on my right with two people. I waited for the motorcycle to overtake so I could take my right lane, since the bus was asking for the way," the witness of the events recounted.

The rain and the wet pavement conspired against the traffic and triggered the accident, according to the witness's account.

"When the bicimoto was passing, they slipped and the driver rolled into the left lane. I swerved to avoid him and thought the bus driver was going to run him over, but the driver turned in time towards the divider... I stopped to help, but everyone is okay, just a few scratches, but nothing serious," he stated.

The importation of Chinese-manufactured buses has left the front pages of independent media dotted with news of accidents involving the famous Yutong buses.

At the beginning of September, a Yutong bus crashed into an electric pole, causing a power outage that left five areas of Alamar without electricity, according to reports on social media.

Images shared in various publications showed the bus embedded against a concrete pole, apparently one for high-voltage cables. "Since then, there has been no power in Alamar, even though they spent the day before the accident turning it off and on," complained a user.

The bus, a Yutong with license plate B234888, was being used to transport "the crews of the national trains," according to a user in the comments on one of the posts.

In August, the collision between a Yutong bus and a pickup truck on the Central Highway, near the province of Camagüey, resulted in at least one fatality. A video shared on social media showed the white pickup truck mangled from the impact.

In July, three people, including a four-year-old boy, died in a collision between a Yutong bus and a horse-drawn cart in Granma. The accident occurred on the road in the locality of Las Mangas, northwest of the city of Bayamo.

The bus was on the Bayamo-Havana route. According to "Portal Del Ciudadano Granma," the three victims, in addition to a girl who is in serious condition, were traveling in the cart.

"In the cart were seven drunk people without any lighting. Four people died, including two children. That's what they're saying, we are aware!" said the author of the post.