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Two Teenagers Die in Late-Night Crash on A-3632 in Okondo

The mayor declared three days of mourning following a single-vehicle rollover under official investigation.

Overview

  • Authorities said four youths aged 17 to 19 were in the car, with two young men killed and two young women injured, one seriously.
  • The vehicle left the carriageway and overturned just after 1:00 a.m. on the A-3632 as it passed through Okondo in Álava.
  • Firefighters from Llodio extricated the two more seriously injured males, and emergency teams performed CPR at the scene.
  • One male died at the site and the other died hours later, according to the Basque Department of Security.
  • Local officials described a community in shock and placed the tragedy within a summer of deadly road crashes in Spain that has heightened road-safety concerns.