Alex Trelinski
A 32-YEAR-OLD motorist cheated death on Thursday when his car plunged 15 metres off a bridge on the AP-7 motorway in the north of Alicante province.
The vehicle hit the central median barriers shortly before 3pm.
It fell through the gap with the two carriageways on separate bridges over the Gorgos river.
Fire crews from Denia and Benissa were called to the accident scene at kilometre point 617 near to Gata de Gorgos.
Despite the big drop, the driver survived and was carried by stretcher onto the motorway where an ambulance was waiting.
He suffered a head injury along with ankle and wrist fractures and was taken to Denia Hospital with authorities describing his condition as ‘serious’.
The carriageway was reopened two hours after the accident.
No more details about the motorist- including his nationality have been supplied- or how his car came to hit the median.
