11 Oct, 2024 @ 19:22
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Woman is killed after McLaren sports car collides with motorway barrier on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Driver is fighting for his life in hospital

A SERIOUS car accident in Marbella has killed one woman and left a man in a critical condition.

Images shared online showed how a red McLaren vehicle was practically crushed by the collision on the A-7 motorway in Marbella.

The incident happened at around 2.30pm on Friday, near to the Marbella fire station.

The car was travelling in the direction of Malaga when it crashed into the metal barriers that separate the two sides of the motorway.

Medical teams rushed to the scene to treat two people for injuries, including the driver of the car.

They had both becoming trapped inside the vehicle and had to be removed by firefighters.

A woman believed to be a passenger in the car could not be saved.

The driver remains in hospital but is in a critical condition, reports Diario Sur.

Their ages and nationalities have not yet been made public.

The strip of the A-7 motorway is one of the busiest roads in Andalucia, connecting all the major resorts with Malaga airport.

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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