Traffic accident kills 5 in eastern Cuba

Five people were killed and another one was injured when a private car hit a truck in the eastern province of Las Tunas, the National Information Agency (AIN) reported Thursday. The accident occurred Wednesday on a stretch of the Puerto Padre-Las Tunas road, about 670 km east of Havana. "Apparently the car driver was distracted and (let the car) occupy the central axis of the road, hitting the truck hard," said the Cuban National Revolutionary Police. The dead -- three men and two women who were residents of Las Tunas -- were traveling in the car, while the injured person was in the truck. Las Tunas recorded 268 accidents from January to October in 2011 with 15 deaths, which are about half the figure for the same period last year. But the number of injuries increased by 45, according to the AIN.