11 people—at least nine women and one man—have been killed in a coach crash that happened at 11 p.m. on Saturday night in Venta del Olivo, in the south-eastern region of Murcia.
More than 50 people were travelling in the coach.
Cadena Ser reported a total of 37 passengers had been rushed to hospital, 13 admitted to hospital in the town of Cieza, 4 in the village of Hellín and 20 more in hospitals in the regional capital Murcia.
One person died on the way to hospital.
The radio station also reported that the driver had been injured in the crash, and had told emergency service workers that “the brakes had failed”.
Javier Ruiz Martínez, a journalist for regional radio station SER Murcia, tweeted from the scene that the coach had fallen down a 10-15 metre-high embankment.
The coach, belonging to Autocares Ruiz in the village of Calasparra, was on its way back from a trip to Madrid having been hired by a parish group from the nearby town of Bullas, which set up an emergency information centre for relatives and friends.
The Arrixaca Hospital in the regional capital Murcia told The Spain Report that two “very serious” casualties had been admitted, “and more are expected shortly”.
30 ambulances and all of the region’s hospitals were put on standby to deal with the casualties.
Sunday 9 November 2014
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