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A Hyundai Palisade lost control around 5:50 a.m. this Monday and crashed into the wall of the Martí Library, located in Parque Vidal in Santa Clara, one of the most emblematic places in the center of the Villa Clara capital.
According to the official communicator Henry Omar Pérez in a post on Facebook, the occupants of the vehicle were immediately taken to the Arnaldo Milián Castro Hospital for medical attention.
According to witnesses cited by Pérez, the people involved were conscious and had only minor injuries, with no loss of life reported.
Forces from the Ministry of the Interior and the Fire Department arrived at the site, providing first aid and securing the area after the impact, which caused visible damage to the library's structure.
The accident, which occurred early in the morning, caused alarm among the neighbors and passersby in the area.
Massive accident in Ciego de Ávila leaves three critically injured
Shortly before, at around 5:40 a.m., another mass accident in Ciego de Ávila resulted in a preliminary count of 27 injured, including three in critical condition, following the collision of a Girón bus with an animal-drawn cart in the community of La Caoba, in the municipality of Venezuela, as confirmed by local media Televisión Avileña and Periódico Invasor.
The three more seriously injured individuals are presenting severe cranial traumas and closed abdominal trauma with free fluid in the cavity, with a high likelihood of requiring surgical intervention, explained Dr. Inés Padrón González, head of the Emergency Department at the Dr. Antonio Luaces Iraola Provincial Hospital, where they are currently hospitalized.
In total, 24 of the injured were treated at the municipal polyclinic, and three were transferred to the provincial hospital, where officials from the Communist Party and the Avileño government are overseeing the medical care.
The accident occurred in a rural area with reduced visibility and poor road conditions, factors that may have contributed to the incident, although the causes are still under investigation.
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