HAVANA, Cuba – Two men from Florida were injured in a car crash that left four dead and 19 others injured after midnight Sunday in Havana's El Vedado neighborhood.
The two U.S. citizens -- ages 19 and 20 -- suffered orthopedic injuries when the driver of an antique car plowed into a crowd at the popular Malecón boulevard at 23rd Avenue. An air ambulance is flying them to South Florida on Monday.
Cuban authorities identified the victims who died as 21-year-old Yurislandy Martínez Calvo, Franklin Baket Hernández, Osmany González Claro and Ulises Canales López, a reporter with the state-owned Prensa Latina agency.
The injured were at the Docente Clínico Quirúrgico Calixto García Hospital, the Juan Manuel Márquez Pediatric Hospital and the Salvador Allende Hospital in Havana.
State-owned newspaper Granma identified one of the injured as Rafael Pantoja Reyes. A doctor at the pediatric hospital said a 12-year-old boy is in intensive care and a 16-year-old girl suffered cuts.
The vintage car, known as an "Almendrón," suffered a technical malfunction in the steering system when the driver lost control of the car, authorities said. The area has a speed limit of about 35 miles per hour.