Crashed into a wall Six people killed in accident on Menorca
A terrible accident on Mallorca's neighboring island: a car leaves the road and crashes into a wall. Members of two families were in the car.
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- According to media reports, six people have died in a car accident on Menorca.
- Among the victims were two adults and four minors aged between 9 and 16.
- The car left the road in the island's capital Mahón on Saturday evening and crashed into a wall.
According to media reports, six people have died in a car accident on the Spanish Balearic island of Menorca. Among the victims were two adults and four minors aged between 9 and 16, wrote the online portal "Menorca al día", citing the emergency services.
The car left the road at around 8 p.m. on Saturday evening near an industrial area in the island's capital Mahón and crashed into a wall, as reported by TV station RTVE. No other vehicles were involved in the accident. It cannot be ruled out that the car was traveling at too high a speed, it said.
At the wheel of the car was a 56-year-old islander, whose 16-year-old daughter was also in the car, as "Menorca al día" further reported, citing the emergency services. The passenger was a 46-year-old local woman. Her three children, two boys aged nine and her eleven-year-old daughter, were also killed in the accident. Further details from the police were not initially known.
dpa