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Date Published: 25/04/2022

ARCHIVED - Pregnant woman one of 12 injured after bus overturns on the A-7 Alicante

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The crash occured at kilometre 543 in Granja de Rocamora, Alicante province

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Pregnant woman one of 12 injured after bus overturns on the A-7 Alicante

A dozen people were injured when a bus overturned on the A-7 in Granja de Rocamora, Alicante province on Saturday night, April 24, including a pregnant woman who suffered "serious head trauma". Of the 12 hurt, two other people were seriously injured, and three sustained multiple wounds.

According to Emergencias 112 GVA, firefighters from Orihuela, Almoradí and Crevillente thankfully didn't have to free any of the wounded passengers and no fatalities have been reported. All of the injured people were treated "for injuries of varying degrees" at the scene before being taken to the Vinalopó and General hospitals in Elche and the Vega Baja hospital in Orihuela.

Anoche los parques de Orihuela, Almoradí y Crevillente se movilizaron para atender la salida de vía en A-7 de un autobús con unos 50 ocupantes, labores de rescate y evacuación de los pasajeros, quedando 2 heridos graves y 3 de diversa consideración#bomberos #cpba #siempreatulado pic.twitter.com/MdB3hHDxJA
— Consorcio Bomberos Alicante (@BomberosDipuALC) April 24, 2022

For reasons as yet unspecified, the coach, which was travelling on the Barcelona-Murcia-Algeciras route with 50 passengers on board, left the road and overturned at kilometre 543. The transport company sent a second bus to pick up the unharmed passengers and continue on the journey.

Alicante Provincial Fire Brigade, the Generalitat Police, Guardia Civil Traffic Departmen, teams from the Emergency Information and Coordination Centre (CICU) and an ambulance from the Red Cross were all sent to the scene.

Also read: Body of one of two missing teenagers recovered from the sea in Calpe

Image: Consorcio Bomberos Alicante

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