A tragic day on Spanish roads. Five young people, aged between 17 and 25, died on Sunday in two accidents in Cantabria and Granada. on the one hand, The first three deaths occurred at dawn After his car left the road on which the city of Cantabria was traveling Cabezon de la Salle. To this was added later the death of two other young men in the municipality of Granada Heitor Santillan After his car crashed into a wall.
Thus included the first event Three young men, ages 22, 23 and 25. According to what was reported by the Cantabrian government delegation, while traveling at dawn on the N-634 road, the driver lost control of the car for reasons that are still under investigation. And then tourism He ended up arriving on an island and ended up wandering off several times. Until I pulled into the parking lot of a nearby restaurant.
The victims were residents of Cabezon de la Sal, Casar de Peredo and Virgen de la Peña Their relatives had to be treated by psychologists of the Government of Cantabria, which has activated the operational protocol for several victims, as stated by the regional executive in a statement.
The events occurred specifically at kilometer 244.9 of the highway, before the Virgen de la Peña bridge. Members of the Civil Guard Traffic Sector, paramedics from 061, as well as regional firefighters from 112, came to the scene, who had to They released the boy who was in the back From the car. The young man was still alive, but he died while receiving assistance from health services.
The President of Cantabria, María José Saenz de Burruaga, showed it on social networks He was horrified by the tragic event. “There is no condolence for the families. My condolences and all my love at this very sad moment,” he said in a message on Channel X.
Two more deaths in Granada
In the second of the incidents, two young men, aged 21 and 17, died after the car in which they were traveling was run over. It collided with a rotating wall in Huetar SantillaN, the place where the victims came from and which the city council decided to officially mourn for three days.
In this case, the event occurred at 1:40 p.m. On the A-4003 highway, at the roundabout leading to the quarries, as explained by the 112 emergency coordinator. The events were witnessed by those who informed the authorities and They requested urgent medical assistance for the occupantsThey were trapped and in serious condition. One of them suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest.
The Civil Traffic Guard, Granada firefighters and health workers attended the scene and mobilized two mobile intensive care units. The local volunteer group for civil protection was also present. Despite the work of medical teams. It ended with the death of the occupants.
According to the municipal mayor, José Carlos Ortega, both were boys “Very well known and integrated” in the citywith a population of barely 2,000 inhabitants and which had already suffered in 2007 the loss of three other young men, one of them a minor, in the same place where the incident occurred on Sunday, for which it demanded an urgent solution.
As the consultant pointed out, at the time of the accident they were returning from playing football with friends and other colleagues from their Sunday club. The eldest of the two was the one driving the car He was also very involved in theatrical activities And the culture of the city. The city council announced that they were “shocked” by the events.