THE wrong-way driver who caused a head-on collision on the AP-7 in Mijas was more than five times over the drink-drive limit when she slammed into another car and hospitalised five people – one seriously.
Police sources confirmed the woman, a Colombian national, blew over 1.30 mg/l in a roadside breath test, well above Spain’s general limit of 0.25 mg/l.
The crash took place in front of horrified drivers at around 5.40pm on Saturday after multiple drivers phoned 112 to report a car travelling towards Malaga while using the Algeciras-bound carriageway.
Minutes later the same callers reported a frontal impact near the Mijas stretch of the AP-7, a shocking collision that was captured on video by another motorist from the opposite lanes.
Four women aged 42 and 43 and a man aged 36 were all taken to the Hospital Costa del Sol, with several understood to be in a serious condition.
Investigators believe the driver mistakenly took an exit ramp thinking it was a motorway entry before continuing for several kilometres against the flow of traffic.
She now faces charges for alleged road-safety offences and injury through negligence.
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