Efe Las Palmas

The Palms

Updated Monday, March 11, 2024-20:55

A baby has died and several people have been injured to varying degrees when they were hit this Monday afternoon by a vehicle on Archipiélago Avenue, in the tourist town of Playa Blanca, in the south of Lanzarote, sources from the Consortium of Island emergencies.

According to the aforementioned sources,

the accident occurred at 6:20 p.m. this afternoon

and there could be nine people hit.

The Emergency Coordination Center of the Government of the Canary Islands has so far only been able to confirm that it is a multiple accident, as it does not have more information at the moment.

One of the injuries will be evacuated by helicopter to a hospital in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, according to sources from the Emergency Consortium.