Guardia Civil officer dies after being hit by car

A 37 year old Guardia Civil officer, stationed in Casabermeja, Málaga, died early on Saturday morning after being hit by a car whilst attending an accident scene. The officer was at the site of an accident at km 118 on the A-45 near Las Pedrizas when he was hit by another vehicle which skidded into him in the wet conditions. …

Climber dies in fall near Grazalema

A climber died after falling from the rocks in the Llanos del Endrinar area of Grazalema. His climbing partner, his wife, was left suspended from the rockface and had to be rescued by the Emergency Services. The accident happened at around 15:30 on Sunday afternoon in the mountain area near to the road to the El Tajo campsite. The Emergency …

Accident in Torrox

A sixteen year old youth was seriously injured following an accident on the A-7207 in Torrox. Three other people suffered minor injuries. The incident happened at 15:07 om Monday afternoon at km 21 on the A-7207 in Torrox and involved a motorcycle and a car. The youth, who suffered a heavy blow to the chest, was transferred to the Hospital …

23 injured in ski lift accident in Granada

A ‘mechanical problem’ with one of the ski lifts at the Sierra Nevada ski station in Granada caused six chairs to crash to the ground yesterday, injuring a total of 23 people. Nine of the injured required hospital treatment and one, a woman, is in a serious condition in Hospital San Cecilio in Granada. The incident occurred above the beginners …

Accident on the A-49 near Chucena

Traffic on the A-49 between Sevilla and Huelva was disrupted this morning after an accident involving a fuel tanker. Traffic quickly backed up for twenty kilometres in each direction and diversions had to be put in place. The accident occurred at 05:50 this morning at km 37.500 near the town of Chucena, a lorry shedding part of its load of …

Drinking and driving

Two people were detained in Córdoba in the early hours of Saturday morning after their vehicle mounted the pavement and injured a total of ten people. The driver apparently applied the handbrake as he was driving along and this caused him to lose control of the vehicle which then mounted the pavement and ploughed into a group of people returning …

Obedient detainee dies in unfortunate accident

A 16 year old youth in Ipswich, Queensland, who had been behaving aggressively, died after complying with a police order to lie down on the floor. The youth, faced by an officer who had drawn a Taser, chose to submit and lie down on the road rather than get zapped. Unfortunately, he was then run over by a passing car. …

Three brothers die after celebration party

A celebration party ended in tragedy as three brothers, all Bolivian nationals, died in La Rioja. The brothers were celebrating the fact that one of them was returning to Bolivia today under a special Red Cross programme. It is thought that after the party, the three fell asleep with an electric stove still burning and were overcome by carbon monoxide …