A car and a bus suffered damage after colliding at the intersection of Águila and Colón, Central Havana.
According to the testimony of several users in the Facebook group BUSES & TRUCKS ACCIDENTS for more experience and fewer victims! It is a corner where accidents have regularly occurred.
“Again in Águila and Colón, Centro Habana,” lamented user Daylin Rodríguez Acosta, who included images of the incident in her post.
“They have to put more striking signs, that corner is hot and a blind stop,” said an Internet user.
“Something very normal that they take the stop for Águila, this is the second blow in less than 1 month,” said another.
Other Internet users ironized about the fact that another bus will be out of service in the already precarious public transport of the capital, while the majority consider that the fault of the accident lies with the driver of the car who did not respect the preference of the bus. .
“If the word STOP was marked and painted on the asphalt in white meters before the intersection, there would be no accidents, in short…”, opined another.
Yesterday, a crash left two destroyed cars in the First Ring of Havana without having to regret deaths, although several were injured.
The accident happened when the driver of a Peugeot, who was drunk and running with another car, collided with a parked car that was waiting for people.
This Saturday, the windshield of a Yutong state bus was destroyed after colliding from behind with a truck in Santiago de Cuba.
Last Wednesday, a spectacular crash between a private passenger truck and a Transmetro bus It ended with the bus embedded in the portal of a house in Cárdenasin the province of Matanzas.
Apparently there were no injuries in the accident, although judging by the images the scare must have been great for all those involved.
During the first four months of 2023, more than 3,000 accidents were registered in Cuba, with 243 deaths and more than 2,300 injuries, according to official data released in May.
According to statistics, one in five people involved in traffic accidents has died.
Cuba closed 2022 with 9,848 traffic accidents between January and December, a figure that represented a record compared to previous years. The accidents in that period left a balance of 700 deaths, almost two daily; of them, 68 were minors. In addition, 7,547 people were injured.
