Woman dies after car falls from cliff near El Cotillo’s Castillo del Tostón
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A 40-year-old woman died after a car fell from a cliff near Castillo del Tostón in El Cotillo on the morning of 8 November.
A 40-year-old woman died after a car fell from a cliff near Castillo del Tostón in El Cotillo on Sunday 8 November, emergency services said.
La Oliva Local Police received the alert during the morning. The Canary Islands emergency coordination centre, CECOES 112, said it was notified by police at 9.32am and activated a rescue helicopter from the Emergency and Rescue Group (GES) and La Oliva firefighters.
GES rescuers recovered the woman and took her to a safe area where medical staff were waiting. Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC) staff confirmed that she had died. Firefighters also assisted with the rescue.
The SUC mobilised a medicalised ambulance and a basic life-support ambulance, as well as a doctor and a nurse from Corralejo health centre, CECOES 112 said. An earlier account said SUC medical staff had arrived by helicopter.
The response also involved La Oliva Local Police, the Guardia Civil from Corralejo, the municipal emergency coordinator and Civil Protection volunteers. Police and the Guardia Civil carried out the relevant enquiries.
The circumstances in which the car fell had not been made public. Authorities are working to establish the cause of the accident.
Article update history
- CECOES 112 identified the victim as a 40-year-old woman and provided details of the alert and rescue.
- First published.