Truck Driver in Lucky Blaze Escape The driver of a truck laden with vegetables is no doubt counting his blessings after surviving a major incident involving his vehicle late on Friday night. The fire service report that they were called to a vehicle blaze off the A-7 motorway, between Alicante and Elche, at around 02:45 in the early hours of Saturday … Read More
Just When You Think Things Can Only Get Better! When the driver of a delivery van was involved in a minor collision in Navarrés, the driver didn´t realise his day was about to get a whole lot worse. As the tow truck was in the process of recovering the van, it suffered some kind of failure, resulting in the van, which had already suffered … Read More
Eight Injured in Kamikaze Collision A total of eight people were injured on Saturday night after a kamikaze driver, travelling in the opposite direction, collided with other vehicles on the M-30 in Madrid. According to the preliminary investigations, which are ongoing, the driver allegedly travelled on the M-30 from kilometre 2 as far as kilometre 21, where the vehicle collided … Read More
Confused Kamikaze Driver Causes Crash A vehicle travelling in the wrong way along the AP-9 motorway near the Pontevedra town of Vilaboa on Saturday morning collided with another car resulting in three people being injured. According to the 112 emergency coordination centre, the incident occurred at 09:54 on Saturday morning at kilometre 134,600, in the Crecente direction. After receiving the … Read More
Girl Arrested after Knocking Down Children in Uncontrolled Car The Local Police in Santander have arrested a 17-year-old girl who was driving a car that ran over two children in a car park at playa del Camello. The young woman was driving a Ford Focus, accompanied by a male of legal age, who was responsible for the car, although he was not the lawful … Read More
How to Deal with Priority Vehicles Emergency vehicle which are responding to an incident have priority over other vehicles. During any drive we must be forever conscious of our surroundings, allowing all of our senses to combine to provide special and location awareness, so that we Read Full Article... Read More
Drunk Driver Causes Ambulance Crash in Elche Officers from Elche Local Police arrested a man on suspicion of driving under the influence of excessive alcohol and in a vehicle which did not have insurance or ITV certification, after he caused an ambulance to crash in Elche. The Read Full Article... Read More
ROAD COLLISIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE IN FIVE TRAUMA ADMISSIONS TO HOSPITALS One in five patients admitted to trauma centres last year were involved in road crashes – the second largest cause of admissions, according to figures obtained by road safety charity Brake An additional analysis of more than 75,000 road crash trauma patients in the last decade shows that: Young people account for more than one in five (21%) admissions – … Read More
Emergency Simulation at Alicante-Elche Airport This Week Confirmed information has now been released concerning this week’s aircraft crash simulation which will take place around Alicante-Elche airport on Thursday. The Security and Emergency Response Agency will be coordinating the event on November 9th, which can also be followed Read Full Article... Read More
Elche Mourns Four Members of the Same Family Killed in Murcia Pileup Elche city council expressed their condolences to the relatives and friends of the family of four who were killed in Monday´s multi-vehicle crash in Murcia. Killed in the crash was 56-year-old José Vicente Maciá Segarra, who was previously a footballer Read Full Article... Read More