18 Oct, 2016 @ 13:45
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One dead and six injured after drunk driver crashes into childrens’ playground in Benalmadena

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A WOMAN has been killed and six others injured after a drunk driver careered off the road and into a childrens playground in Benalmadena. 

Witnesses say a 35-year-old Ukranian woman was carried along the car bonnet for several seconds before she slid off and was run over.

She was rushed to Hospital Clinico but died from her injuries this morning.

Five of the others injured, including a two-year-old boy, are said to be fine, but one woman has had her leg broken.

The crash occured on Avenida Estrella del Mar on Monday night after the driver attempted to turn a corner at the street’s confluence with Ronda del Golf Oeste.

Police have confirmed he was three times over the legal alcohol limit.

He has since been arrested and is waiting to be charged.

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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