Safety · Benicàssim and Málaga

Seven dead, seven injured in two early-morning crashes on Castellón and Málaga roads

Two separate traffic accidents in the early hours of Sunday morning have left seven people dead and seven others injured on roads in Castellón and Málaga, emergency services reported.

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Benicàssim, Málaga · Spain
How it came to this
  1. 28 JunMulti-vehicle crash on N-340 at Benicàssim, Castellón: 4 dead, 6 injured
  2. 28 JunTwo-car collision on A-7 at Cerrado Calderón, Málaga: one vehicle falls into ravine, 3 dead, 1 injured

The Castellón crash

At 2:20 a.m., a multi-vehicle collision occurred at kilometre 981 of the N-340 road near Benicàssim, in the direction of Castellón de la Plana. Firefighters, local police, and medical teams were dispatched, with extrication work continuing until 7:00 a.m. The Guardia Civil is investigating the cause.

Four people, three men and one woman, were pronounced dead at the scene. Six men were injured, three suffering polytrauma and three contusions. Four were taken to the Hospital General de Castellón and two to the Hospital de la Plana.

The Málaga crash

At 2:38 a.m., two cars impacted on the A-7 motorway near the Cerrado Calderón exit in Málaga city. The collision caused one vehicle to fall down a ravine next to the road. Guardia Civil, firefighters, local police and Andalusia’s emergency health service responded.

Three people died: two women and a third person whose details have not been released. One other person was injured.

Emergency response

In Castellón, two SAMU units, two basic life support ambulances and one advanced nursing unit were mobilised. The injured were triaged on site and transferred in the hours that followed. In Málaga, the 061 emergency coordination centre confirmed the fatalities after securing the ravine area.

Source discrepancies

A report by La Razón, citing the Traffic Management Centre, stated that only five people were injured in the Castellón crash, not six. The other three outlets (20 minutos, Europa Press and El Mundo) all report six injured, in agreement on total casualties of seven dead and seven injured across both incidents.

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