Havana.
Ten people have been killed and 25 injured in a bus crash in the Cuban province of Cuba. Mayabeque (West), official sources reported this Saturday.
The accident occurred in the morning from Friday to Saturday at kilometer 42 of the national highway as it passed through the municipality of Güines when the vehicle went off the road and fell over a bridge, according to information from the Havana Defense Council and the National Road Safety Commission (CNSV) broadcast by state media.
The latter organism and the Ministry of the Interior have opened an investigation to clarify the causes of the sinister.
On the bus were traveling teachers who were destined for Havana and returned to their home provinces, as face-to-face classes were suspended in the capital due to the covid-19 pandemic.
The injured, including at least three people in critical condition, were taken to hospitals in the capital and Mayabeque.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has lamented on Twitter the “loss of valuable lives and injuries” and sent his condolences to the relatives and friends of the victims.
Accidents, including traffic accidents, have been the fifth leading cause of death in recent years Cuba, Where in 2020 there was a daily average of 20 road accidents, According to the latest data from the CNSV.
The main causes of traffic accidents in the Caribbean country are speeding, undue attention to the steering wheel, technical damage, improper overtaking, the effects of alcoholic beverages and excessive passengers.
They are also affected by the poor condition of the roads and the aging car park of the island, where cars with more than half a century of antiquity pass. EFE