A vehicle crashed into the Tenerife tram tracks, at the height of the Cross of the Lord, in the capital of Tenerifeafter it skidded on the road and plunged right into the tracks, with no chance of the driver being able to get out again. The noise of the accident was such that woke up a good part of the santacrucero neighborhood while they tried to get the car out from where he had been trapped, according to advances Radio Club Tenerife.
The accident occurred around six in the morning. when a driver lost control of his vehicle, it skidded and entered the Tenerife tram tracks, remaining completely wedged between the security barriers of the exclusive light rail lane. Despite the repeated attempts and maneuvers of the young people who got out of the car to get the vehicle out, they were unsuccessful and could not get it out..
The neighbor who captured the moments after the accident with his mobile tells Cadena SER that, after passing the concrete embankments that separate the asphalt from the area of the tracks at that point, “Two young men got out of the car, with no apparent signs of having suffered injuries”. For almost an hour they tried to maneuver to get the tourism off the tracks, hitting the bodywork on both cement edges. “They couldn’t get it out and they woke up the whole neighborhood with the blows they were giving to the car to try to direct it towards the asphalt,” explains the aforementioned neighbor.
A patrol of the Local Police of Santa Cruz de Tenerife He arrived shortly after and took charge of the situation.
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The Local Police took the driver and the agents offered to take the second young man homeassistance that he refused. The vehicle was removed by tow truck and the tracks were operational again after about an hour in which they had been completely blocked.
