26 Killed in Bus-Train
Collision in Cuba
A passenger bus on
Saturday collided with a
train in southeastern
Cuba, killing at least
26 and injuring 71, a
local official from the
transportation
department said.
The accident took place
in the town of Yara, in
Granma Province, about
800 kilometers (500
miles) southeast off
Havana. The train that
left from Cuba's second
largest city Santiago de
Cuba was heading for
Manzanillo in Granma
province.
Among the 71 injured, 15
are in critical
conditions, officials
said.
The bus's failure to
observe the signal light
at the rail crossing may
have caused the accident
that was the deadliest
in years in Cuba,
according to reports by
local media.
The latest major traffic
accident in Cuba
happened in June, when
at least 11 people,
including five children,
were killed and 50
others were injured as
an overloaded coach
flipped over an exploded
tire. |
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