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One dead and 27 injured after bus with British passengers crashes in Canary Islands

Vehicle veered into a ravine on island of La Gomera while transporting a tour group for a boat excursion A man has died and 27 people are in hospital after a bus carrying British passengers crashed in the Canary Islands, local officials have said. The incident happened at 1.15pm local time on Friday when the vehicle veered into a ravine on the GM-2 highway near the town of San Sebastián de La Gomera. Local media reported the bus was transporting a British group for a boat tour and four of the injured were in critical condition. Officials said: “Emergency health services attended to the 28 occupants of the bus – 27 tourists of British nationality and the driver. “We can confirm one man has died and 27 injured of varying degrees of severity, three of them serious, have been transferred to the Hospital Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe.” There are understood to have been 25 adults on board including the driver, and three children. The most seriously injured passenger was transferred to hospital on the neighbouring island of Tenerife with the rest of the injured being treated at La Gomera hospital. Fernando Clavijo, the president of the Canary Islands, said: “I am following the accident of a

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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…

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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…

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One dead and 27 injured after bus with British passengers crashes in Canary Islands

Vehicle veered into a ravine on island of La Gomera while transporting a tour group for a boat excursion A man has died and 27 people are in hospital after a bus carrying British passengers crashed in the Canary…

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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…

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Vehicle veered into a ravine on island of La Gomera while transporting a tour group for a boat excursion A man has died and 27 people are in hospital after a bus carrying British passengers crashed in the Canary Islands, local officials…

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