The Canary Islands Emergency Service treated seven people with minor injuries on Tuesday after a head-on collision between a car and a minibus in which 16 people were traveling on the LP-3, in El Paso, as reported by the Emergency Coordination Center. emergency 112. Government of the Canary Islands.

The accident occurred around 1 p.m., when 112 received the alert reporting the head-on collision between the two vehicles and that several passengers had suffered injuries of varying degrees and required medical assistance .

The injured man is a 76-year-old man who, at the time of initial assistance, suffered from minor facial injuries and was transferred by basic resuscitation ambulance to the Los Llanos de Aridane Health Center.

Another 71-year-old man, suffering from slight neck pain and dizziness, was sent by medical ambulance to La Palma General Hospital, as well as a slightly injured woman of Canadian origin, also transferred to the same hospital.

Another 40-year-old American woman, also suffering from minor facial injuries, was taken to La Palma General Hospital, as was a 71-year-old Canadian citizen, also suffering from slight neck pain, who surrendered at the same hospital.

A 44-year-old woman also suffered mild dizziness and was transferred to the Los Llanos Health Center, while a 37-year-old man was sent to the same center with mild chest trauma.

In addition to the staff and ambulances of the Canary Islands Emergency Service, the firefighters of La Palma, the Civil Guard, who regulated traffic on the road and were in charge of the corresponding report, as well as the Local Police and the Environmental Staff of the Cabildo , intervened in the device.