The driver of a tourism has died this Friday in Sant Feliu de Buixalleu (Girona) in a head-on collision with a lorry, whose driver was slightly injured and was taken to the Trueta Hospital in Girona.
As reported by the Servei Català de Trànsit (SCT), the accident occurred on the GI-553 road, in the direction of Arbúcies, a little before one in the afternoon.
For reasons that are still being investigated by the Mossos d’Esquadra de Tráfico, there has been a head-on collision between a truck and a car and the driver of the second, a 59-year-old man, has died, while the driver of the first has been taken by helicopter to the Hospital Josep Trueta of Girona.
Accident on the GI-553 at the height of Grions between Hostalric and Sant Feliu de Buixalleu. A frontal collision between a truck and a passenger car. pic.twitter.com/U4Eshfa4BC
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As a result of the accident, four police patrols, five Fire Departments of the Generalitat, an ambulance and the medicalized helicopter of the Medical Emergency System (SEM) have been activated.
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The road has been closed in both directions of travel.
With this victim, there are 12 people who have died in traffic accidents this year on the interurban road network of Catalonia so far.