A collision between a truck and a passenger bus that occurred on the morning of this Tuesday on the Central Highway, near the community of San Blas in the municipality of Camagüey, left one deceased and eight people injured, according to reported Radio Camagüey.
In another post on their social media, shortly after noon, the station announced the identity of the deceased. He is Oney Castillo Matos, a 39-year-old mechanic of the truck involved in the incident.
The report specified that the eight injured individuals were taken to the "Manuel Ascunce Domenech" University Hospital in the municipality of Camagüey, and they are out of danger.
There is a patient reported in serious condition who is currently stable; she has a pelvic fracture, with no cranial or thoracic traumas that threaten her life at this moment, reported Dr. Alexander González Borges, a specialist in second degree in Intensive Care and first degree in Internal Medicine.
The doctor noted that the patient is receiving joint treatment between orthopedics and intensivists, and a tomography is already being coordinated to determine the most suitable approach for her case.
"On the morning of Tuesday, October 6, between 6:15 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., on the Central Highway, kilometer 544, in the San Blas popular council, in Camagüey, the Viazul bus 890, which was covering the route from Santiago de Cuba to Havana, crashed into a truck from the company EsAzúcar that was parked due to technical issues," the state media reported.
From the accident site, images began to circulate on social media. User Sandro Alexander Barbet Valdés posted a video in the Facebook group "Here Everything is Sold Revolico Florida," where he showed the location of the incident and expressed his condolences to the victim's family.
The bus was on the 10:00 PM route and allegedly carried nine passengers. "Through an agreement between the National Bus Company and Viazul, the transfer was ensured for those who could continue their journey to their destination," reported the Camagüey radio station.
In January, another mass accident in Camagüey, in the area known as the Curva de Ignacio, in the municipality of Jimaguayú, resulted in two deaths —including a seven-year-old boy— and more than 30 injuries.
In February, an accident in Guáimaro involved 56 people, with five seriously injured.
At the end of September, a truck loaded with sugar overturned in Florida.
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