4 Oct, 2024 @ 10:07
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Tragic start to weekend in Spain: Driver, 20, dies after colliding with a truck on the Costa Blanca

A 20-YEAR-OLD woman has died after her car collided with a truck on the Costa Blanca.

The horror crash occurred on the CV-930 road near Orihuela on Thursday afternoon.

Witnesses called emergency services at around 12.30pm reporting a serious collision on the much-used motorway.

Firefighters were called to the scene as they had to cut the woman out of the driver’s seat.

Pictures from the scene show how her vehicle appeared completely crushed by the collision.

The 20-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene (Credit: Bomberos)

She was in a critical condition and paramedics began working on her immediately.

They performed advanced CPR manoeuvres but could not stabilise her and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

The truck driver was unharmed by the incident.

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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