MADRID: A bus carrying British tourists veered off a highway and tumbled down an embankment on Spain´s Atlantic island of La Gomera on Friday, killing one Briton and injuring 27 people, including three children, authorities said. Canary Islands emergency services announced in a statement the death of a man, with a spokeswoman confirming to AFP that he was British.
Four of the injured were in a serious condition, including the 63-year-old driver who would be taken to hospital on the island of Tenerife, the emergency services added.
“Among the occupants of the minibus were also three minors,” the director of Canaries emergency services, Moises Sanchez, told Television Canaria.
