This Saturday morning, August 13, at round 9am a head on collision on the entry highway to Arguineguín, on the south west of Gran Canaria, left a Mapfre tow truck (grua) and a Mercedes very badly broken.

The influence brought about vital harm to the motive force’s facet of the tow truck, and seems to have written off the Mercedes which was travelling within the different course. From the quantity of injury it seems that not less than one or each autos had been travelling at some pace. Happily, neither of the drivers had been significantly injured, in line with studies, though they had been each evacuated by ambulance to the Hospital Insular in Las Palmas.

Eye witnesses say that the automotive gave the impression to be travelling at some pace, and was seen weaving throughout on to the fallacious facet of the highway previous to the influence.  The grua driver appeared to brake and decelerate, however the Mercedez didn’t, and though the motive force tried to keep away from the truck, the automobile struck its facet with appreciable drive, in line with sources, sufficient to snap the seat belt defending the truck driver, who after an preliminary test on the hospital was launched with out severe damage.  Early studies counsel that the Mercedez driver had suffered a bout of maximum dizziness simply previous to the crash, and that she has remained underneath statement on the hospital.

The incident generated lengthy tailbacks within the space, whereas the Guardia Civil visitors police investigated the scene in order to ascertain the details.