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A 65-year-old man has been seriously injured after a road traffic accident in the early hours of this Sunday on the GC-1 motorway, near the municipality of Agüimes in Gran Canaria. The vehicle struck the central reservation and overturned, leaving the driver trapped inside.
Accident occurred at around five in the morning
According to the Emergency and Security Coordination Centre (Cecoes), the accident happened at around five in the morning, at kilometre 25 of the GC-1. The driver suffered multiple serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to the Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria.
The 112 operating room received an alert call shortly before five in the morning, reporting a road traffic accident on the GC-1, within the municipal boundaries of Agüimes, and the need for medical assistance for one person.
Crews had to extract the trapped driver
Crews from the Gran Canaria Emergency Consortium were dispatched to the scene, where they secured the overturned vehicle and had to extract the driver, who had become trapped in the passenger compartment.
Staff from the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC) treated the man at the scene of the accident and, after assessing the seriousness of his injuries, took him by ambulance to the Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria.
Civil Guard investigates the circumstances
Civil Guard officers also took part in the operation, directing traffic while the injured man was treated and the accident vehicle was removed. Meanwhile, staff from the Gran Canaria Cabildo’s Roads Service signposted the area and worked to clear the carriageway. The Civil Guard has taken charge of the accident report in an attempt to establish the circumstances in which the crash occurred.
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