| 19/12/2020 – 16:46 (GMT-4)
A car accident occurred on Saturday in Havana, at the pedestrian crossing in the Primero de Mayo neighborhood of Boyeros, where a Lada car was hit by a Russian Kamaz truck from Holguín.
The incident was reported in the Facebook group “ACCIDENTES BUSES & CAMIONES for more experience and fewer victims!”
Despite serious damage, driver Lada suffered only a few blows, according to a member of the group.
Another witness to the incident reported that the driver of Lada stopped correctly at the crosswalk, but it appears that the driver of the truck, not knowing the area, did not know that there was a passage there and, although he tried to avoid the vehicle, could not do so. . .
According to the identification on the door label, the truck belongs to the Credit and Services Cooperative (CCS) Miguel Expósito, from Gibara.
In recent days, trucks have been involved in several accidents in Cuba. In the first week he overturned in Santiago de Cuba after getting off the road, in the section that goes from Dos Palmas to Pilón. Fortunately, there were no deaths or injuries.
It all happened while we were going up a hill, the vehicle’s engine stopped and ran. The driver, without sufficient experience, could not prevent the accident.
In early December, an accident caused a the motorcycle will arrive under a Hyundai truck. The incident took place at the intersection of Avenida Infanta and Calle Neptuno, in Centro Habana.
There were no deaths on that occasion either, but witnesses said the couple on the motorcycle were injured and had to be taken to hospital.
In the first eight months of this year, almost 100 people died in Cuba in 2,571 traffic accidents related to bicycles, motorcycles and mopeds, according to the data of the National Commission for Road Safety.
The main causes of these events are non-compliance with the right of way, speed, poor technical condition of vehicles, ingestion of alcoholic beverages and inattention to driving.
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