Image copyright Reuters Image caption The bus was carrying 40 passengers, including 22 foreign tourists

A bus crash in eastern Cuba has left at least seven people dead, including four foreigners, and dozens others injured, local media say.

Two of the foreigners were from Argentina while one was from France and another from Germany.

Some 33 people were injured, including citizens from the UK, the US, Canada, France, the Netherlands and Spain.

The bus was travelling from Baracoa to the capital, Havana, when it crashed near Guantánamo on Thursday.

The driver told local media that he was driving slowly and lost control due to a wet road at around 15:00 local time (20:00 GMT). Witnesses said he had tried to overtake another vehicle.

The bus from the state-owned company Viazul was carrying 40 people, including 22 foreigners.

Image copyright Reuters Image caption The accident happened between the eastern cities of Baracoa and Guantánamo

The victims included two Argentinean women, aged 35, a 59-year-old German woman and a 67-year-old Frenchman, according to a list published by Radio Guantánamo.

The Cubans were two men, aged 32 and 47, and a 34-year-old woman.

Meanwhile, five of the injured were said to be in critical condition in hospital. Their ages range from 42 to 74.

The UK Foreign Office said in a statement it was continuing to seek further information from the Cuban authorities and was providing assistance to two British nationals who were injured.

Viazul is run by the military's tourism wing and is one of the preferred ways for visitors to travel the island, the BBC's Will Grant in Havana reports.

Cuba's roads are notoriously poor with many of them badly-lit and poorly maintained, especially in that region of the country, our correspondent adds.

Traffic accidents are common in Cuba and have resulted in some 4,400 deaths since 2012, according to official data.</s>A bus crash in eastern Cuba has left at least seven people dead, including four foreigners, and dozens others injured, local media say.

Two of the foreigners were from Argentina while one was from France and another from Germany.

Some 33 people were injured, including citizens from the UK, the US, Canada, France, the Netherlands and Spain.

Thursday's accident happened between the eastern cities of Baracoa and Guantánamo.

Five of the injured were said to be in critical condition.

The bus, from the state-owned company Viazul, was travelling from Baracoa to the capital, Havana, carrying 40 people, including 22 foreigners, state media say.

The driver told local media that he lost control on a wet section of the road. But witnesses said the accident happened after he tried to overtake another vehicle.

The UK Foreign Office said it was "seeking information from the Cuban authorities" and that it was "ready to assist any British people who require our help," a spokesperson told the BBC.

Viazul is run by the military's tourism wing and is one of the preferred ways for visitors to travel the island, the BBC's Will Grant in Havana reports.

Cuba's roads are notoriously poor with many of them badly-lit and poorly maintained, especially in that region of the country, our correspondent adds.

Traffic accidents are common in Cuba and have resulted in some 4,400 deaths since 2012, according to official data cited by EFE news agency.</s>Seven people are reported to have died and 33 others injured after a bus carrying tourists, including those from the UK, crashed in Cuba.

Local media reported that among the 40 passengers on board the Viazul bus there were travellers from the UK as well as the Netherlands, France, Canada, Mexico and Cuba.

Radio Guantánamo reported that 10 of the injured are in critical conditions.

The crash - which took place at around 8pm on Thursday (3pm local time) - happened in a south-eastern city of Guantánamo, around 1,000 miles away from the capital Havana.

Images shared online showed severe damage to the front of the coach - part of which was missing.

Radio Guantánamo said it had spoken to the driver of the bus who said he lost control of the bus in wet conditions on a bendy section of the road between Baracoa and Guantánamo.

However, witnesses told the station that the crash happened after the driver attempted to overtake a car and then changed his mind when he saw an approaching lorry.

The station reported that the section of the road on which the crash took place has one of the highest accident rates of the highway.

The Foreign Office said it was not able to confirm whether any British tourists were involved in the crash, but said it was "seeking information from the Cuban authorities following a road traffic accident, and are ready to assist any British people who require our help".

Viazul operates buses between many large towns on Cuba and is a popular travel choice for tourists on the Caribbean island.

In Cuba in 2018, there were 750 deaths and 7,999 injuries in 11,187 accidents in the country of 11 million.

Thursday’s wreck was the fourth major bus accident in a month.</s>Cuba bus crash: At least five people have died in a crash in eastern Cuba

Cuban media reports the bus rolled after the driver attempted to overtake another vehicle on the wet and windy road. Twenty-two tourists from the UK, France, Holland, Mexico and Canada were among those onboard, according to state media. Officials have yet to release the names and nationalities of those who died.

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Local media reports around 30 people were taken to hospital after the crash.

Today’s crash is the fourth accident involving a bus in less than a month on Cuba’s roads, according to Cuban news site 14ymedio.

On December 27, two people were killed and 33 injured when a lorry towing a trailer loaded with cane collided with a bus.

Just two weeks earlier, another crash involving a bus left three dead and 29 injured in the vicinity of Mayari, in the province of Holguin.</s>Seven people were killed and 33 others injured when a bus carrying mainly tourists flipped over on a highway in the southeastern province of Guantanamo, Cuban media said.

The accident occurred Thursday night on a notoriously dangerous stretch of road between the cities of Baracoa and Guantanamo.</s>HAVANA: A bus crash in eastern Cuba killed three locals and four foreigners and left another five passengers in critical condition, state-run provincial radio station Radio Guantanamo reported on Friday.

Two Argentine women, a German woman and a French man were among those killed in the accident on Thursday, Radio Guantanamo said. Of the 40 passengers on the bus that crashed on a scenic but hazardous stretch of road between the eastern towns of Baracoa and Guantanamo, 22 were foreigners.

Thirty-one of the injured were being treated at the local hospital. The report did not specify if foreigners were among those in critical condition.

Witnesses told state-run Cuban News Agency that the driver had tried to overtake another vehicle but lost control on the wet road, resulting in the bus flipping over.</s>Seven people have been killed in a bus crash in Cuba, with five said to be in a serious condition.

A British couple in their 70s were also among those injured in the collision, although they are not thought to be seriously harmed, Sky News reports.

Eighteen Cubans and 22 tourists were on board the coach when it crashed between the eastern cities of Baracoa and Guantánamo.

Those injured are now being treated in the provincial hospital of Guantanamo, eastern Cuba

Tourists from Holland, Great Britain, France, Mexico and Canada were also listed as being on-board the bus.

The names of those who have died have not yet been released.

The driver told Radio Guantanamo he lost control on the wet and winding road.

While Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde reported that the coach had overturned while trying to overtake on a slope.

This is the fourth major bus accident in Cuba in a month and the nation’s roads are known to be lacking in light, narrow and often poorly maintained.

Last year, there were 750 deaths and 7,999 injuries from 11,187 accidents on the country’s roads.

A spokesperson for the UK’s Foreign Office said: ‘We are seeking information from the Cuban authorities following a road traffic accident, and are ready to assist any British people who require our help.’</s>HAVANA -- Seven people died and five are in critical condition after a bus crashed carrying tourists and local travellers in far eastern Cuba.

State media report that the bus was carrying 18 Cubans and 22 tourists from Holland, Great Britain, France, Mexico and Canada when it crashed Thursday afternoon on a road between the cities of Baracoa and Guantanamo.

The names and nationalities of those killed haven't been released.

The driver told Radio Guantanamo that he lost control on the wet and winding road.

Cuban highways are poorly lit, narrow and rutted with huge potholes. There were 750 deaths and 7,999 injuries in 11,187 accidents last year in the country of 11 million. Thursday's wreck was the fourth major bus accident in a month.</s>GUANTANAMO, Cuba. - Seven people were killed and 33 were injured after the driver of a bus lost control on a wet and windy road in Cuba, Cuban media reported Friday.

The crash happened Thursday afternoon at Kilometer 25 along the Guantanamo-Baracoa roadway in the Cuban province of Guantanamo.

Among the dead are three Cubans, two Argentines, a French and a German passenger.

Of the 33 injured, two are children. As of Friday morning, five people remained in critical condition.

A total of 40 passengers were onboard the bus, including 22 foreigners from Holland, England, France, Mexico and Canada.

According to Radio Guantanamo, the driver of the state-run bus company, Humberto Vladimir Lopez Creme, assured reporters he was not speeding when the single vehicle crash happened.

But according to Cuban media reports, witnesses said the driver tried to pass a smaller car but saw a truck coming and tried to get back in the lane, then lost control.

Below is a list of victims killed in the bus crash:

Alexander Castillo Perez, 32, of Maisi 

 Antonio Joler Perez, 47, of Maisi 

 Yanet de Los Ángeles Santana Ordunez, 34, of Baracoa 

 Roxana Lauseda Gomez, 35, of Argentina

 Annegret Frieda Gohike, 59, of Germany 

 Patrick Demer Tesseran, 67, of France

 Nadis Carolina Flores, 35, of Argentina</s>Seven people have died and five are in critical condition after a bus carrying tourists and local travellers crashed in eastern Cuba.

Seven people have died and five are in critical condition after a bus carrying tourists and local travellers crashed in eastern Cuba.

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State media reported that the bus was carrying 18 Cubans and 22 tourists from the UK, the Netherlands, France, Mexico and Canada when it crashed on a road between the cities of Baracoa and Guantanamo.

The names and nationalities of those killed have not been released.

The driver told Radio Guantanamo he lost control on the wet and winding road.

Cuban highways are poorly lit, narrow and rutted with huge potholes. There were 750 deaths and 7,999 injuries in 11,187 accidents last year in the country of 11 million.

Thursday’s wreck was the fourth major bus accident in a month.
A bus crash in eastern Cuba leaves at least seven people dead, including four foreigners, and 33 others injured.