19 Nov, 2020 @ 14:33
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Mum suffers horrific injuries after being crushed by SUV and shielding son, 6, outside Sotogrande International School near Spain’s Costa del Sol

Trapped Car

A MUM has been airlifted to hospital after being crushed by an SUV in Sotogrande this morning. 

The 35-year-old, who was with her six-year-old son when she was hit, has multiple traumas to her shoulder, hip and face. 

The unnamed mother was bending down to pick up her keys outside the Sotogrande International school on Avenida de la Reserva. 

Trapped Car

The driver of the SUV did not see the pair and ran over the mother, who managed to protect her young son. 

The woman became trapped under the vehicle and had to be rescued by firefighters before being taken to hospital by helicopter. 

Emergency service 112 said the horrific accident took place at around 9.10am. 

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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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