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Date Published: 30/06/2022
ARCHIVED - 22-year-old and two teens killed in crash after fleeing police checkpoint in Malaga
The three young people died after their car plunged down a 15-metre embankment in Ronda, Andalusia
Three young people - a 22-year-old driver and two teens aged 15 and 16 - have been killed in a horrific crash after fleeing a police checkpoint in Ronda, Malaga.
The tragedy happened at around 2.30am on Wednesday June 28 on the A-374, a road that connects several villages in the Serranía with others in the province of Cádiz.
The three young males were travelling in a Mercedes sports car when National Police at a checkpoint spotted the vehicle "carrying out a strange manoeuvre" and the occupants appeared to be throwing something from a window.
Officers attempted to flag the car down and gave the 'stop' signal but the vehicle fled at high-speed along a dimly-lit, tree-lined road and the police lost them.
Minutes later, a call came in from Ronda Local Police reporting a serious crash involving a Mercedes at kilometre 30 of the A-374, an area known as La Dehesa.
The vehicle had careered off the road and plunged down a 15-metre embankment, and the three occupants were trapped inside the "mass of iron wreckage".
Ronda Police confirmed the driver and two passengers were "in a bad state", and Emergencies activated the entire rescue protocol with firefighters, medical and law enforcement personnel. On arrival, there was nothing medics could do but confirm their deaths.
Two of the three deceased, the youngest, were identified at the scene, but according to the National Police, "the third occupant has not yet been fully identified".
An investigation into exactly what happened has been launched by the Guardia Civil Traffic Department.
In the wake of the tragedy, Ronda Town Hall has decreed three days of official mourning.
Image: CPB Malaga
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