Bayamo, February 13 (RHC)-- A car accident on Wednesday near the eastern Cuban city of Bayamo resulted in the death of 56-year-old Canadian tourist Jiwoirn Aisin, while four Cuban citizens were injured. The Canadian tourist crashed a rental vehicle he was driving into a mobile crane from a transport company on the highway leading to western Cuba.

The police station at the Carlos Manuel de Cespedes university hospital in Bayamo told the Cuban News Agency that the accident occurred on the Jiguain-Bayamo section of the highway.

The hospital emergency department reported that Cubans Odalis Uber, 26, from Granma province Aliannys Martinez, also 26, from Camaguey province, Luis Manuel Alvarez, 49, and Yunior Infante, 24, both from Santiago de Cuba are being treated for their injuries.

Police have launched an investigation into the accident.