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Tractor Rollover and A-5 Service-Road Crash Leave Two Seriously Injured in Extremadura

The cases reflect heightened seasonal strain on regional emergency services.

Overview

  • 112 Extremadura coordinated separate responses on Tuesday after receiving alerts at 11:46 a.m. and around 1:30 p.m.
  • A 74-year-old man was left polytraumatized when his tractor overturned on calle Roturas in Navezuelas and he was flown to the Hospital Universitario de Cáceres.
  • Responders to the rollover included the Navezuelas health clinic, UME5.2 from Cañamero, the medical helicopter based in Malpartida de Cáceres, and the Guardia Civil.
  • A 55-year-old woman suffered cranial trauma after leaving the roadway on a service road parallel to the A-5 at km 350 near Arroyo de San Serván and was transferred to the Hospital de Mérida.
  • The A-5 response deployed a medicalized unit, a conventional ambulance, a local health-center team, Mérida firefighters, the Guardia Civil, and road maintenance crews, with both patients stabilized on scene and no fatalities reported.