14ymedio, Havana, 13 August 2024 — Four people died last Saturday in a traffic accident in the city of Mayarí, in Holguín. Two of them died immediately, followed by the death of two women who were initially hospitalized after the crash was reported this Monday.The official journalist Emilio Rodríguez Pupo, who reported the fact, explained that the car, an old Chevrolet – known as an “almendrón” in Cuba – in which the victims were traveling hit a tree between the neighborhoods of Arroyo Blanco and El Solibano, in the town of Levisa, around 3:30 in the afternoon.
Yendri Saldaña Díaz, 40, and Alexander Santiago González Vera, 52, lost their lives instantly, and Yanet Rojas died hours later as did Maritza Paredes. Among the six injured were the two minor children of Yanet Rojas. Dailín Machado and Yurixan Ortiz Benítez are currently hospitalized.
The Chevrolet in which the victims were traveling hit a tree between the neighborhoods of Arroyo Blanco and El Solibano
So far, the two children are out of danger: Lisbeth Ávila Rojas, six years old, who had a fracture in her femur, and her brother Lázaro Ávila Rojas, eight years old. Both were admitted to the Children’s Hospital of Holg
