Authorities are still trying to figure out what happened. what caused this Saturday the death of six people, including four minors, who were traveling in a vehicle that went off the road on an access road to the airport Minorca. The Civil Guard points to excessive speed as one of the main causes of the fatal accident, although he also assures that some members of the car did not have seat belts.
The events occurred this Saturday around 7:50 p.m., specifically, in the vicinity from the town of Mahón, where all the victims lived, all of them Spanish nationals. The car in which they were traveling, a Kia Creed, ended up leaving the road at kilometer 0.5 of the Me-14 highway and ended up crashing violently against a stone wall three meters high.
The impact ended up causing the death of the six travelers: a 56-year-old man, who was driving the vehicle, a 46-year-old woman, who was traveling as co-pilot, and the four minors. Three of them were the woman’s children, two 9-year-old boys and an 11-year-old girl. The fourth is a 16-year-old teenager, the driver’s daughter.
Several alert calls described a car overturned on the road and three ambulances, members of the Civil Guard, as well as agents of the Firefighters from Menorca. The latter had to intervene to remove the deceased from the vehicle’s challengeswhich ended up completely deformed by the collision.
Traffic officers have been working since Sunday morning at the scene of the accident to try to clarify new details of the tragedywhich has shocked the entire island. Thus, the authorities have pointed to excessive speed as the main cause.
He went over the roundabout
The vehicle apparently left the road at a roundabout and also just passed another roundabout approximately half a kilometer away. The visible marks of the vehicle on the gravel of this roundabout seem to indicate that circulated above before ending up stamping with the rock wall on the right side of the road.
The authorities have ruled out that the event was related to another vehicle. Furthermore, according to investigation sources, both the driver and the co-pilot were wearing their seat belts, but Not so for the four minors who were traveling in the back seat. The collision was so violent that all six died instantly.
Dismay of the authorities
After the events, the Government delegate in BalearicsAlfonso RodrÃguez, has expressed on his X account, formerly Twitter, to be “terribly shocked” by this “very serious” fatal accident. Thus, he has pointed out that what happened is “an enormous misfortune” and has publicly conveyed his condolences to the family and relatives of the victims.
On the other hand, the Mahón City Council has decreed three days of official mourninga duel that will begin this Sunday night and will last until Wednesday the 27th. As the local authorities have announced, throughout this period the municipality’s flag will fly at half mast as a sign of respect and remembrance to the six victims.
The mayor of Mahón, Héctor Pons, has also expressed the “deep dismay” of the entire town and has sent his condolences to family and friends of the deceased. Similarly, hhas made all resources available to those affected and the services of the Consistory “to give them support in these difficult times.”