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A truck struck a tricycle this Tuesday at the traffic light on Vía Blanca, at the entrance of the capital municipality of Regla, while the traffic light had been off for hours due to a power outage, according to reported La Tijera News on social media.
In the tricycle were a woman and a minor, and according to witnesses present at the scene, all those involved were unharmed after the collision. However, an anonymous testimony shared in the Facebook group "Revolico Municipio Regla" increases the number of affected individuals: it states that the tricycle crashed into a tanker truck and that two children and two adults were injured.
The injured received first aid at the Regla outpatient clinic, but that health center also lacked electricity at that moment. "How will those emergency procedures be carried out without power?" asked the anonymous witness in their post.
"The alleged cause of the accident was the lack of electricity in the traffic light, a situation that would have contributed to the confusion and the collision between both vehicles," specified La Tijera News.
Residents of the municipality pointed out that the traffic light, known as the "Guanabacoa traffic light," had been without power since six in the morning on the day of the incident. "The traffic light has been out since 6 AM, in such a dangerous location, prioritizing other places while this one, so hazardous, has no power," a resident complained in the comments of the post.
Another neighbor explained that the traffic light belongs to the first block of the electrical distribution, "which very rarely has power," and that crossing that intersection without a signal is "insanity." A third resident noted that "that traffic light is always off" and that the authorities no longer even assign traffic officers when it fails, nor do they put up alternative signs. "In the past, they used to put up barricades, now not even a cone; nobody cares about anything in this country in agony," wrote another user.
The Regla polyclinic had solar panels installed, but neighbors reported that "they don't work." "They haven't even prioritized the polyclinic. It's unbelievable," lamented a resident in the same post.
This accident reflects a documented pattern of incidents linked to traffic lights that are out in Havana. In October 2024, a gas cylinder truck collided at an intersection without power; in November of that year, a motorcyclist was injured under similar circumstances; and in June 2025, a motorcyclist died after crashing into a truck at a Havana intersection without police presence or functioning traffic light.
Official statistics from 2025 recorded 750 fatalities and 6,718 injuries due to traffic accidents in Cuba. While the Ministry of the Interior attributes 72% of the incidents to "human factors," the public points out that the deterioration of electrical and road infrastructure is a structural factor that the authorities refuse to acknowledge.
The municipality of Regla has been one of the hardest hit by the energy crisis: residents reported having only two hours of electricity over four days during the first week of June 2026, turning every intersection with traffic lights into a potential trap for drivers and pedestrians.
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