British man dies after tourist bus crashes in La Gomera, in the Canary Islands

A 77-year-old British man has died and 27 others injured after a bus carrying tourists crashed into a ravine in La Gomera, in the Canary Islands. The group were driving to the San Sebastián de La Gomera dock where they were due to travel by ferry to Tenerife, Spanish news outlet El Mundo reported. There were 28 people on board, including 27 British tourists and one driver, emergency services 112 Canarias said in a post on X. A Foreign Office spokesperson said they were "supporting the family of a British man who died in the bus accident". All 27 injured people were initially taken to Hospital Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, on the east of the island. Twenty-one have since been discharged, the hospital's management said in a statement on Friday night. Three remain there "under observation", it added, while three seriously injured people have been transferred to hospitals in neighbouring Tenerife. Earlier, 112 Canarias said two patients - a 73-year-old man and a 42-year-old man, both with multiple serious injuries - had been taken been taken by helicopter to Tenerife for treatment. Head of emergency operations in La Gomera Héctor Cabrera told public broadcaster TVE the bus passengers ha