Black Christmas Eve in the Canary Islands. Up to three fatal accidents have clouded this Saturday, Christmas Eve, in the Islands. Already at dawn, two hit-and-runs, one in Gran Canaria and the other in Tenerife, have resulted in two deaths. The first of the accidents occurred on Christmas Eve, on Friday night, in The Gran Canarian palms. A woman died after being run over on the GC-23, in the vicinity of the Vigía roundabout. The second hit-and-run took place at dawn at the accesses to Los Cristianos, in AronaTenerife, and a 27-year-old man was killed.
The accident in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria occurred after 11:00 p.m.. The Emergency and Security Coordination Center (CECOES) 1-1-2 of the Government of the Canary Islands received a call from the Local Police reporting a possible hit-and-run.
Personnel from the SUC (Canary Islands Emergency Service) displaced to the place could only confirm the death of the woman, the Civil Guard regulated traffic in the area and instructed the corresponding procedures while the Local Police collaborated with the rest of the resources of emergencies.
Hours later, Around 3:30 a.m., the accident took place in Tenerife. A 27-year-old man died on the TF-1, near the access to Los Cristianos. The CECOES 1-1-2 of the Government of the Canary Islands received a call reporting that a person had been run over and immediately activated the necessary emergency resources and SUC personnel assessed and assisted the person affected.
a surfer dies
The Emergency and Security Coordination Center (CECOES) 1-1-2 of the Government of the Canary Islands received the call reporting the accident at 12:16 p.m. The notice indicated that a surfer had suffered an accident on the coast of Gáldar.
Other surfers who were in the area pulled the affected person out of the water towards the beach of Caleta de Arriba and, after verifying that he was in cardiorespiratory arrest, the Local Police, together with other people who were in the place, they performed a cardiac massage following the instructions provided by telecare by a nurse coordinator of the SUCC present in the operating room.
