A teenager studying at the pre-university level in Los Arabos, in the municipality of Colón, province of Matanzas, is in critical condition this morning after an electrical cable fell on him following an explosion in the network, according to Raisdel Naya, head of the Disaster Reduction Management Center in Colón.
The accident occurred around 10:10 AM this Friday. According to testimonies collected by the authorities, an electrical line was affected after an explosion in the network and one of the cables fell directly on the child, resulting in severe burns.
The young man received initial care in the territory of Los Arabos before being urgently transferred to the Mario Muñoz Hospital, the referral center for the municipality of Colón. Currently, they are transferring him to the Eliseo Noel Caamaño Pediatric Hospital in Matanzas, according to a subsequent update.
“At this moment, he is in critical condition, and evaluations are being conducted for his transfer to the Pediatric Hospital of Matanzas once he is stabilized,” Naya stated in her initial report.
A multidisciplinary team of specialists is attending to the adolescent at that healthcare center. The authorities were coordinating his transfer to the provincial Pediatric Hospital Eliseo Noel Caamaño in the city of Matanzas, with the support of traffic units from MININT to ensure the route.
So far, the identity of the young man has not been revealed.
The accident occurs in a municipality that accumulated more than 45 hours without electricity during October 2026, reflecting the severe deterioration of the electrical infrastructure in Matanzas.
At the end of that month, the province recorded 162 damaged transformers —37 high voltage, 116 medium voltage, and nine low voltage— with over 15,000 people affected by service outages.
This is not an isolated case. Throughout 2026, the collapse of the Cuban electrical grid has claimed young lives: Keyler Ramos Guerrera, 18 years old, was electrocuted in Cabaiguán while trimming trees near a high-voltage line in September, and Raudel Alejandro Guerra, 19 years old, died after receiving a shock of 33,000 volts during military service in Matanzas in October.
Another young man, Dalian Segura Venegas, 22 years old, was in critical condition with third-degree burns after a similar accident in Santiago de Cuba in July.
The electric authorities themselves had warned that circuits that remain offline for many hours may experience failures or incidents when reconnecting, a warning that the disastrous state of the grid turns into a daily threat for the Cuban population.
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