25 Sep, 2023 @ 10:33
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British motorcyclist, 57, dies after veering off a highway in Spain

Guardia Civil Trafico

A BRITISH motorcyclist has died after veering off a motorway in northern Spain.

The unnamed 57-year-old was driving in the Alto de la Matanela area of Cantabria, along the southern limit of the Pasiegas mountains when tragedy struck on Friday.

The accident occurred at around 11.55am on the regional CA-633 highway, according to local reports.

Guardia Civil and paramedics raced to the scene before transfering the Brit to hospital, where he sadly died.

The death means at least 18 people have been killed on roads in Cantabria so far this year.

The figure is double that of last year, while a third of them correspond to motorcyclist deaths.

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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