A man was airlifted by helicopter to the University Hospital of Gran Canaria on Tuesday after suffering a severe head injury on the GC-60 highway in San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
A cyclist He was seriously injured this Tuesday, July 7, 2026, after suffering a fall and plummeting from several meters high on the road GC-60, in the vicinity of Fataga, within the municipality of San Bartolomé.
The incident occurred at approximately 15:33 p.m., at which time the Emergency and Security Coordination Center, CECOES 1-1-2 of the Government of the Canary IslandsHe received an alert reporting the accident. According to the initial report, the injured person had fallen down an embankment after suffering an accident while cycling on the aforementioned road.
Resources were deployed to the scene Canary Islands Emergency ServiceAmong the vehicles deployed were a medical helicopter and a basic life support ambulance. Medical personnel assessed and treated the cyclist at the scene of the fall, with assistance from a non-emergency medical transport team that happened to be passing by.
Emergency personnel from the Gran Canaria Emergency Consortium also participated in the rescue and assisted paramedics in evacuating the injured man on a stretcher to the ambulance. From there, he was taken to the landing site. SUC medical helicopter.
Once stabilized, the affected person, who presented with a serious head injury at the initial time of assistance, was evacuated by aircraft to the University Hospital of Gran Canaria.
La Civic GuardHe collaborated with the other emergency resources deployed to the scene and took charge of the corresponding procedures to clarify the circumstances of the accident.
