One dead, 27 injured as bus carrying British tourists crashes in Canary Islands
Incident involving British tourists in San Sebastian de La Gomera
A man has died and dozens have been injured after a bus carrying British tourists crashed in the Canary Islands, according to the local government.
Emergency services were deployed to the scene of the crash off the GM-2 road in San Sebastian de La Gomera, on the island of La Gomera, on the east coast on Friday, the 112 Canarias official account posted on X.
Photographs shared by the Canary Islands Government on social media appear to show the bus had come off the road at a hairpin bend, coming to rest in a ravine.
Several ambulances, including an air ambulance, attended to the British tourists and driver.
Two seriously injured people are being transferred to hospitals in Tenerife by helicopter. One will be taken to University Hospital of Nuestra Senora de Candelaria while another will go to the University Hospital of Canarias.