Madruga family transports coffin in an old car
The wait for a funeral vehicle ended in an improvised transfer; burial took place hours after the scheduled time.
In Madruga, a municipality in Mayabeque, a family transported their grandfather's coffin on a trailer attached to an old car after waiting several hours for funeral transportation. They had to arrange the transfer that way to reach the burial. No names are provided for the relatives or additional information about the deceased beyond the relationship described in one account.
The burial was scheduled for 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 29, and took place around 8 p.m. That timing conveys the reported wait, although the year does not appear in the available excerpts. One description says the official vehicle never arrived but provides no details about steps taken or the circumstances behind its absence.
The described images show the coffin on a trailer and a turquoise-green classic car on a deteriorated rural road. Those elements visually place the transfer but do not establish the distance traveled or the exact point along the route. The driver and people accompanying the coffin are not identified either.
The descriptions agree that the family used an old vehicle and trailer to transport the coffin and that the burial took place at night. One identifies the deceased as the grandfather; the other refers to a relative without specifying the relationship in the relevant excerpt. One account also links the delay to a lack of transportation and fuel without further explaining that connection.
Available information establishes the municipality, the means of transport and the difference between the scheduled time and the burial. It does not specify the year of the date mentioned, the exact waiting time or why the official vehicle failed to arrive. Nor does it indicate whether other transport alternatives existed or how long the trip took.