Overview

• A 79-year-old driver died on July 22 when his truck overturned at the Paraje del camino Pelapájaros near Alpuente in Valencia’s Serranos region.
• The Consorcio Provincial de Bomberos de Valencia mobilized at midday with a sergeant from Paterna and volunteer firefighters from Titaguas.
• Teams obtained judicial authorization to safely lift the overturned vehicle for rescue operations.
• A local neighbor’s backhoe was deployed to raise the truck and facilitate extraction of the trapped driver.
• The fatal outcome underscores the challenges of road safety and emergency logistics on narrow rural mountain roads.