The Civil Guard is looking for the driver of a blue Mercedes who

escaped from his vehicle this afternoon after colliding with another car on the M-510 highway

, on the hill located between Colmenarejo and Galapagar, in the Madrid mountains.

According to the first information, the man who has fled is a person with multiple criminal records.

As a result of the collision,

one of the vehicles, a Citroën Xsara, has started to burn after its occupants got out of the car.

According to 112, three people have been injured in the collision, two occupants of the Citroën and the co-driver of the Mercedes.

The worst prognosis injured is the man who was traveling in the passenger seat of the Mercedes.

This is a man of North African origin in his 40s who suffered various injuries.

Three people were traveling in the other car who were able to get out of the vehicle before it started to burn with the help of several of the drivers who witnessed the accident and who got out of their cars to help him.

In this car, an 80-year-old man has been injured with a broken leg and another person with various traumas, according to Emergencies 112 Community of Madrid.

All the injured have been

transferred by Summa and Red Cross ambulances to different hospitals.

Firefighters from the Community of Madrid have gone to the scene of the accident to put out the flames in the vehicle.

The road between Colmenarejo and Galapagar has been closed for 15 minutes while the emergency personnel, the Municipal Police, the Civil Guard and Civil Protection acted.

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