10-year-old boy dies after being struck by a tractor in Espinosa de los Monteros, Burgos

The accident

A 10-year-old boy was struck by a tractor on the night of Saturday, 15 August, in the plaza Sancho García of Espinosa de los Monteros, a municipality in the north of the province of Burgos near the border with the Basque Country. The emergency services number 112 received the alert call at approximately 22:31, according to the 112 service of Castilla y León. Callers reported that the boy was unconscious as a result of the impact.

Emergency response

The 112 service alerted the Guardia Civil de Tráfico of Burgos, the Guardia Civil COS, and Emergencias Sanitarias (Sacyl). Medical personnel were dispatched from the PAC of Espinosa de los Monteros along with a basic life-support ambulance and a medicalised emergency unit (UME). The boy was ultimately transferred in the UME to Hospital de Cruces in Barakaldo, Vizcaya, a hospital in the neighbouring Basque Country. Earlier reports on Sunday morning from La Razón and Europa Press described the boy as injured and unconscious. By Sunday afternoon, 20 minutos reported that the boy had not survived his injuries.

Town hall reaction

The Ayuntamiento (town hall) of Espinosa de los Monteros issued a statement on Sunday expressing condolences to the boy's family and announced a minute of silence for Monday at the location where the accident occurred.

“From the Town Hall of Espinosa de los Monteros we wish to express our most sincere condolences to the family and relatives for the death of the boy run over last night in our municipality.”

Location and context

Espinosa de los Monteros sits in the north of the province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León, close to the border with the Basque Country. The accident took place in the town's plaza Sancho García. The boy was evacuated across the regional border to Hospital de Cruces in Barakaldo, in the province of Vizcaya, reflecting the proximity of Basque medical facilities to this part of Burgos. The 112 service of Castilla y León coordinated the initial response, while the receiving hospital falls under the Basque health system. No further details about the circumstances of the accident, the driver of the tractor, or the cause of the collision have been reported in the available articles.