Pedestrian Killed near Park of Nations A woman, said by emergency services to be 68-years-of-age, was knocked down and killed on Tuesday near Torrevieja´s Park of Nations. The woman was crossing the road at a pedestrian crossing when an articulated truck collided with her as it was leaving the N-332 main road on the slip road that leads to the main entry and exit route to … Read More
All Emergency Vehicles will have Blue Lights After many years of discussion and disagreement, on 31st of July, 2018, it entered into law in Spain that all emergency vehicles will use flashing blue lights. The reform is published in Ministerial Order PCI / 810/2018, published in the BOE, modifying several Annexes to the General Vehicle Regulations -RD 2822/1998- among which is Annex … Read More
How to Deal with Priority Vehicles Emergency vehicle which are responding to an incident have priority over other vehicles. During any drive we must be forever conscious of our surroundings, allowing all of our senses to combine to provide special and location awareness, so that we Read Full Article... Read More
Drunk Driver Causes Ambulance Crash in Elche Officers from Elche Local Police arrested a man on suspicion of driving under the influence of excessive alcohol and in a vehicle which did not have insurance or ITV certification, after he caused an ambulance to crash in Elche. The Read Full Article... Read More
Worker Injured in Fall A man was injured on Wednesday morning in a workplace incident in Torrevieja. The 112 Emergency Centre received a call at around 09:00 stating that the victim had fallen between 2 and 3 metres and required an ambulance. A paramedic unit attended and took the victim to hospital. Read More
Never Leave Valuables on Show Opportunistic thieves are everywhere and they will target any vehicle where valuables are on show. That was the stark reality discovered by an ambulance crew in Palma de Mallorca this week, when they returned to their vehicle to find the Read More ... Read More
Hero Rescues Couple in Car An elderly couple had a shock on Wednesday when their vehicle rolled from the Nautilus Restaurant car park near Torrevieja and into the sea. The couple remained in the vehicle until a young man who witnessed the incident jumped into Read More ... Read More
Pedestrians Seriously Injured in Ambulance Crash Two women, aged 62 and 70, have been seriously injured when they were knocked down by an ambulance whilst walking along the pavement in Alcorcón in the south west of Madrid. The incident occurred on Tuesday night when the ambulance Read More ... The post Pedestrians Seriously Injured in Ambulance Crash appeared first on Driving In Spain. Read More