British man, 36, dies 'after car smashes head-on into a dustbin lorry'

02 December 2023 , 21:47

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The scene of the crash (Image: SOLARPIX.COM)

A British man has died in a horrific head-on car crash in Ibiza which also claimed the life of a second man in the same vehicle, it is reported.

The 36-year-old driver from the UK and a 26-year-old front seat passenger, who is also described as foreign, died at the scene of the accident in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Two back-seat passengers in the white Range Rover, two men aged 32 and 45 whose nationalities are not yet known, were rushed to hospital seriously injured. The 4x4 is said to have smashed head-on into a dustbin lorry in the opposite carriageway as it overtook a Kia with two women inside.

The accident happened near a karting circuit called Go-Karts Santa Eulalia on the road between Ibiza and Santa Eulalia around 4am local time this morning. Footage from the scene showed what remained of the wrecked Range Rover being loaded onto a tow truck.

Two people have reportedly died in the crash (SOLARPIX.COM)

Confirming the accident had claimed the lives of two people and left another three injured, a spokesman for the local emergency health response service said: “Two people died at the scene. A 32-year-old who was seriously injured was transferred to Can Misses Hospital in Ibiza Town. A 45-year-old was transferred seriously injury to a private clinic and a 23-year-old with minor injuries was also taken to Can Misses.”

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The vehicles involved in the crash being taken away (SOLARPIX.COM)

The Civil Guard has launched an investigation. Initial local reports said officers were studying whether the Range Rover driver had overtaken the Kia at a spot where overtaking wasn’t allowed and there was a continuous white line separating both carriageways. The second car involved in the crash is also thought to have been left a write-off.

In May British mother Sommer Amari, 42, was killed in a head-on crash in Ibiza and her six-year-old daughter Betty badly injured. She died after a Norwegian woman aged 40 at the wheel of a rented Toyota lost control of her vehicle and collided into a roadside crash barrier before invading the oncoming carriageway and hitting the tragic mum’s Ford Focus head-on. Betty’s British expat dad Nick Purt had announced his engagement to Kingston University-educated Sommer on Christmas Day last year on social media.

Natalia Penza