Woman knocked down and killed on El Médano to Los Abrigos road

[Janet]

A 60-year-old woman was knocked down and killed around 9.30pm this evening on the TF-643, El  Médano to Los Abrigos road. Emergency services were called out with reports of the accident near La Mareta but found her with such severe injuries that they were unable to safe her life. It is the second such incident in the last week in south Tenerife. On Monday a 66-year-old woman was knocked down shortly after 9am on the TF-375 near Arguayo, the secondary road from Chio to Santiago del Teide. She was taken to Candelaria hospital suffering from severe chest injuries, and remains in a serious condition. JA