Five-month-old baby killed and several injured after pedestrians ‘hit by car’ in horror crash at popular holiday destination
A BABY was killed and several people – reportedly including British tourists – were injured after a car mowed down pedestrians in Lanzarote.
The vehicle mounted the sidewalk in the popular seaside resort Playa Blanca around 6:30 PM local time.
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A five-month-old baby was killed, while two female victims were seriously injured and another three people were moderately injured.
Local reports claim that some of the victims are British tourists, but local police have not yet confirmed their nationality.
Police, paramedics and an air ambulance were called to the scene in the holiday hotspot Playa Blanca in the Canary Islands. Lanzarote.
It is understood the driver of the car told police she had a steering problem.
A full investigation is now underway.
A spokesperson for a local emergency center said: “I can confirm the death of a five-month-old baby in an incident where a number of people were run over on Archipielago Avenue in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote.
“Two women were seriously injured and a further three people suffered moderate injuries.”
Yaiza Town Hall, which is responsible for Playa Blanca, said: “Yaiza Town Hall expresses its solidarity with the victims and their families after a number of people were run over in Playa Blanca this evening.
“Our total respect for the ongoing investigation by the authorities and our gratitude to the security forces and first responders involved in tackling this tragic incident.”
Officials from the island’s Guardia Civil said the incident was being investigated by the local police from the town hall for the area and not by their traffic investigators.
Playa Blanca, White Beach in Spanish, is Lanzarote’s southernmost town, about a 40-minute drive from the island’s airport.
The coastline around Playa Blanca is essentially one large, six mile wide bay that is then divided into three smaller, but still large, bays.
Just last month, an 83-year-old British tourist died after being run over by a bus in Lanzarote.
She was taken to hospital in a ‘critical’ condition on February 21 after being hit by the vehicle in the popular resort of Costa Teguise and stabilized at the scene.
And last September, two Britons were among the seven injured when a British holidaymaker burst into a crowded Spanish cafe in his rental car on the neighboring Canary Island of Fuerteventura.
The tragedy occurred when the car left the road and crashed into the outdoor restaurant in the tourist hotspot Corralejo.
The victims included a four month old girl.
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