Two simultaneous accidents on the GC-1 with one injured after the overturn of a vehicle near Playa del Inglés

At around 11:34 a.m., the Emergency and Security Coordinating Center (CECOES) 1-1-2 of the Government of the Canary Islands received an alert reporting that a vehicle had overturned in GC-1, near the exit. from Playa del Inglés, municipality of San Barolomé de Tirajana, and that there was an injured person.

 

A 54-year-old man who, at the initial moment of care, presented various moderate traumas, except for complications, was transferred by medical ambulance from the SUC to the Insular University Hospital of Gran Canaria.

 

1-1-2 immediately activated the necessary emergency resources.

 

Firefighters from the Gran Canaria Emergency Consortium freed the injured man who had been trapped inside the vehicle and secured it.

 

 

The second southbound accident involved three vehicles with no injuries.
 

The SUC staff assessed and assisted those affected since the first accident victim was transferred in a medical ambulance to the aforementioned hospital.

 

The Civil Guard regulated traffic in the areas, collaborated with the emergency services and instructed the corresponding procedures.