Three Irish killed, one injured in Malaga motorway crash

Three Irish citizens were killed and another was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash on a motorway near Malaga, Spain, in the early hours of Sunday, June 28. The victims, all believed to be in their late 20s or early 30s and from the Mullingar area of County Westmeath, were traveling in a car that collided with another vehicle before plunging approximately 30 meters down a steep embankment.

The collision occurred around 2:30 a.m. on the A7 motorway near the Cerrado de Calderón exit, on a stretch of road considered particularly dangerous. According to emergency services, the impact caused the Irish citizens' car to leave the roadway and fall down the embankment. Two women and one man were declared dead at the scene. A second man from the same vehicle sustained serious injuries and was transported to Carlos Haya Hospital in Malaga.

Emergency crews, including the Guardia Civil, firefighters, local police, and paramedics, responded to the incident. Firefighters worked to free those trapped in the vehicle. The driver of the second vehicle involved in the collision, a woman reported to be 64 years old, was treated at the scene for injuries.

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