Five-year-old girl among three injured after crash on TF-1 motorway

A five-year-old girl and two adults were taken to hospital after two cars collided on the TF-1 near Las Chafiras in southern Tenerife this morning (Thursday).

The crash happened on the southbound carriageway in the municipality of San Miguel de Abona. Emergency services received the alert just after 8:30am.

The girl suffered facial injuries assessed as moderate when paramedics first examined her. She was treated at the roadside before being taken by ambulance to Hospiten Sur.

A 33-year-old woman sustained a moderate injury to a lower limb and was also transferred to Hospiten Sur. The third casualty, a 37-year-old man, suffered moderate chest injuries and was taken to Hospital del Sur.

Three ambulances attended

The Canary Islands’ emergency medical service sent two basic life-support ambulances and a third ambulance with additional clinical staffing to assist those involved.

Guardia Civil officers managed traffic around the collision and carried out the initial investigation.

The cause of the crash and the relationship between those injured have not been disclosed. No further update on their condition was included in the emergency report.