26 Jan, 2018 @ 17:43
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IN PICS: Brits rushed to hospital as coach overturns on ‘sheer drop’ in Spain

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A COACH carrying British tourists has overturned on a ‘sheer drop’ in Spain.

Two Brits have been injured after the coach carrying 22 holidaymakers flipped over on a mountain road in the Canary Islands.

A 70-year-old man has been rushed to hospital with serious head injuries while a 67-year-old woman suffered a back injury.

Dramatic pictures show the coach flipped on its side with its windows smashed just yards from a sheer drop.

The vehicle’s brakes reportedly failed on a hill between Paredes and Alajero at around 10.40am this morning.

Alajero mayor Manel Ramon Plasencia praised the driver for managing to avoid a major loss of life.

He said: “The driver said he had problems with the brakes and he pulled off a very intelligent manoeuvre because he managed to make sure the vehicle overturned on the road without going off the side.

“Fortunately there was no loss of life. Two people have been injured, one seriously.”

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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