3 Feb, 2025 @ 07:00
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One dead and two injured after car ploughs into toll booth on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A MAN has died after a car he was travelling in collided with a toll booth on the Costa del Sol.

At least two others were injured after the yellow Audi crashed in Casabermeja in Malaga on Sunday morning.

According to the 112 emergency service, the fatal accident occurred at around 6.30am yesterday.

The collision took place at kilometre six of the AP-46 toll road, in the direction of Malaga city.

Witnesses who phoned in the incident said there were people trapped inside the vehicle who needed assistance.

Paramedics raced to the scene but could do nothing to save the man who was fatally injured.

Two other men, aged 23 and 24, were transferred to the Regional Hospital of Malaga.

The man who died is reported to have been just 23 years old, according to Malaga Hoy.

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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