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A tragic traffic accident that occurred in the early hours of this Sunday resulted in a preliminary toll of two fatalities and at least 27 injured individuals on kilometer 727 of the Bayamo-Las Tunas highway in Granma province.
The incident involved a bus rented by the National Center for Scientific Research (CNIC) of BioCubaFarma, which was traveling the route from Havana to Santiago de Cuba. According to preliminary reports from the official broadcaster , the driver of the vehicle lost control and ended up crashing into a fixed obstacle, causing severe damage to the front of the bus.
One of the victims died at the accident site, while the second later passed away at the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Provincial Hospital in Bayamo, where all the injured were taken. Among the injured is at least one minor, official sources confirmed.
Adonis Frómeta Guerra, the general director of the Bayamo hospital, reported that six of the injured have required surgical intervention. “The conditions for specialized care are guaranteed, with all necessary medical personnel and resources available,” Frómeta assured.
In the images from the accident scene, taken in the early morning hours, the magnitude of the impact is evident: the bus is completely tilted onto one side, with the engine destroyed and rescuers working intensely to assist the trapped passengers. The presence of emergency medical teams and ambulances at the site is also visible.
The First Secretary of the Communist Party in the province, Yudelkis Ortiz Barceló, and the governor Yanetsy Terry Gutiérrez, visited the site of the incident to oversee the care of the injured and stay informed about the patients' progress.
Joint forces from the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) are responsible for the investigation to determine the exact causes of this unfortunate event. The situation is still developing, and authorities are expected to provide more information in the coming hours about the condition of the injured and the circumstances of the accident.
A province marked by road traffic accidents
The accident this Sunday adds to a worrying series of traffic incidents recorded in the province of Granma during 2025.
This Saturday, August 2nd, a violent crash on the road from Bayamo to Holguín left several injured, after a tourist car collided with a private vehicle that was split in two, in a scene that shocked the neighbors.
In June, a motorcyclist was hit by a bus after ignoring a stop sign in front of the Las Novedades store in Bayamo. That same week, a truck with a container fell into a ditch on the city's bypass.
Also in April, a mass accident in the Los Guayitos neighborhood of the Río Cauto municipality left three people injured, including a minor. The incident involved a truck from Camagüey carrying 11 passengers, which lost control under rainy conditions.
Between January and April of this year, there were 2,377 traffic accidents reported in Cuba. Although the incidents decreased compared to 2024, they were more lethal: fatalities increased, despite a decline in the number of injuries.
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