A road accident that occurred on the afternoon of Saturday, December 30, ended the life of a woman in the province of Holguín. Additionally, the incident left several people injured, including three children.
According to information shared on social networks, the incident occurred in Levisa, in front of the Combinado Lácteo bridge, located in the municipality of Mayarí.
The official profile of ‘Realidades desde Holguín’ indicated that the incident occurred when a Jeep carrying nine people lost control due to the wet pavement. This car left Havana, and was traveling towards the town of Calabazas, in Sagua de Tánamo.
“We learned that the rain and the slippery pavement conspired against them, these being preliminarily the causes of the accident that occurred in Levisa, in front of the Combinado Lácteo bridge. The driver lost control of the vehicle and it overturned,” the publication reads.
The woman lost her life at the scene, while the other eight injured people were rushed to a nearby hospital in Mayarí. The three minors were sent to the Pediatric Hospital, one of them in serious condition.
Until now, state media have not provided an update on the incident, so it is unknown how the injured progressed medically.
The comments were filled with people sending condolences to the family of the deceased, while others pointed out that that stretch of road usually has problems with the rains.
“All my life that piece of the Dairy Combine has been dangerous, always full of mud and water. Poor families,” was one of these comments.
Traffic accidents have become one of the main causes of death on the Island, due to the lack of fuel forcing many to depend on the mass transportation service.
These vehicles are cargo trucks slightly modified to be able to transport dozens of people at the same time to their jobs; however, when one of these is involved in an accident, the consequences are usually devastating.
One of these accidents occurred early Friday morning, when a Kamaz truck overturned with several people on board in the mountainous area of Explanada de Duaba, belonging to the popular council of Los Calderos, in the Imías municipality, Guantánamo.
