A MAN has died in Almeria after driving the wrong way along the A7 motorway and crashing head-on with another vehicle.
Authorities were alerted to the incident, which occurred on the stretch of motorway near Nijar at 10.35pm on 29 April.
The driver was travelling on the wrong side of the motorway when he collided with a van and became trapped in his vehicle.
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Firefighters managed to remove him from the vehicle, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The 48-year-old driver of the van was taken to Torrecardenas Hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries.
Authorities have not disclosed the circumstances that led the driver to enter the motorway in the wrong direction.
The incident has raised fresh concerns about safety on this stretch of motorway, which has seen a series of accidents in recent years.
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Last summer, a man was killed in a hit-and-run on the Nijar section of the A7 after being struck by a lorry while changing a tyre.Â
Authorities analysed 35,000 number plates in order to identify the driver involved.
Investigators are now working to establish why this ‘kamikaze driver’ was travelling on the wrong side of the road.
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