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Date Published: 03/02/2022
ARCHIVED - Elderly British wheelchair-user dies after being hit by car in Fuengirola
The woman and her husband were on a pedestrian crossing when they were knocked down in the Malaga town
An 88-year-old British woman who was hit by a car in Fuengirola last Tuesday February 1 has died at the Costa del Sol Hospital, where she was admitted after the accident. Her husband, 86, who was pushing the wheelchair at the time of the collision, remains in the Intensive Care Unit at Marbella hospital.
The accident occurred around 4:45 pm and several people alerted the control room of the 112 Andalucía emergency services to report that a car had run over an elderly couple on Avenida Nuestro Padre Jesús Cautivo.
The victims, both British and residents of Spain for several decades, were on a pedestrian crossing when they were hit by the private rental vehicle, known as a VTC in Spain.
The Police have opened an investigation to clarify the circumstances surrounding the accident, but early enquiries indicate that the motorist, who was driving slowly, was dazzled by the sun and failed to see the couple crossing the road. Alcohol and drug tests were immediately carried out on the driver, both of which proved negative.
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