A woman and a man died in a motorcycle crash on the A-7 near Vélez-Málaga yesterday afternoon, according to 1-1-2, part of the Andalusia Emergency Agency under the regional government’s Department of the Presidency, Health and Emergencies.
The crash happened at about 6:10 p.m. Emergency services received a report that a motorcycle had hit the guardrail and that two people were seriously injured, near kilometre 951 of the road. The emergency coordination centre dispatched the 061 Emergency Health Service, which sent a helicopter, as well as the traffic division of the Guardia Civil and road maintenance crews. Health service sources confirmed to 1-1-2 that the victims were a 21-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man.
Five people were injured in a separate collision in Vélez-Málaga at about 8:45 p.m. Several members of the public reported that two cars had collided on Calle Cristo del Cerro. Firefighters, local police and medical staff were sent to the scene.
Medical staff treated three men aged 21, 65 and 66, and two women aged 62 and 64. All five were taken to La Axarquía Hospital. Firefighters said one of the cars involved had gone down a ravine with four people inside.