A classic car lost control this Thursday and crashed into a pole on Guachinango Street, between Embarcadero and Álvarez, in the city of Matanzas, leaving three people injured, according to a report by Periódico Girón.
The three injured individuals were taken to the Faustino Pérez Provincial Clinical Surgical Teaching Hospital in Matanzas, the main trauma referral center in the province.
The head of the Emergency Intensive Care Unit detailed the condition of the patients: "The health institution received two red codes: one male patient reported as serious, and a female patient reported as critical, hemodynamically unstable. The third injured individual, the driver of the vehicle, is not in life-threatening condition and is currently hospitalized in the Surgical Observation Room."
The vehicle involved, identified with the plate P195059, is a 1956 Ford Fairlane, one of the classic American cars still in circulation in Cuba, which, due to its age, does not include the safety systems found in modern vehicles.
The initial version of the Periódico Girón mentioned a pedestrian among the injured, but several residents of Matanzas who commented on the publication contradicted that information. "The three were inside the car; there was no injured pedestrian," noted one of the individuals who responded directly to the article.
Another commentator pointed out an infrastructure problem as a risk factor at that point: "That Guachinango curve was for a long time a single lane going downhill to prevent accidents that are very common there, but someone had the brilliant idea of making it a double lane; there you have the results, but no one sees that."
The Guachinango street has a history as a dangerous area. In February of this year, a truck with a container knocked down posts at the intersection with Calzada del Naranjal, and residents described that stretch as the scene of numerous past accidents, resulting in several fatalities.
The accident this Thursday occurs in a context of worsening road safety in Cuba. In 2025, the National Road Safety Commission recorded 750 fatalities in traffic accidents, an increase of 18.2% compared to the previous year, and more than 6,700 injured individuals.
In October, a mass accident in Matanzas left 22 injured and at least one deceased, making the province one of the most critical areas in the country in terms of road safety.
The Girón Newspaper indicated that the news was still developing at the time of its publication.
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