SUV driver loses life after an exit on a Saturday afternoon for reasons not yet known on the CV-755 near Altea at a high point of the road.
According to the DGT Traffic Management Center, cited by Europa Press, the collision happened around 5 pm near the 20th kilometer of the CV-755 in the municipality of Altea, when the vehicle plunged down an embankment and came to rest far below the roadway.
The Alicante Firefighters Provincial Consortium reported that crews from Benidorm were dispatched to the scene and worked to reach the vehicle and assess the situation.
The emergency response teams faced difficult access conditions as they arrived. They began work to reach the occupant who remained trapped inside the vehicle and required immediate extraction.
A command and headquarters unit, a heavy urban rescue unit, a utility vehicle, a sergeant, a corporal, and five firefighters from the Benidorm unit were mobilized to the area. Local Altea Police, Civil Traffic Officers, and medical technicians with a SAMU ambulance also assisted at the scene.