There was a minor collision on the Paseo San Cristóbal in Almuñécar yesterday involving two cars with two people slightly injured. The impact was sufficiently violent, however, to force one of the cars up onto the pavement.

The two people injured, one a woman driver who suffered whiplash (a neck injury) and numb hands, and a male driver who had abdominal pains, were treated at the local medical centre.

According to the incident report from the Policia Local, based on the drivers’ and witnesses’ statements, as well as an examination of the scene, was “the loss of control of one of the vehicles due an inappropriate speed,” leading to the car slamming into the side of the other.

The police report also suggests that the state of the car’s tyres was also a factor, as all four of them had hardly any tread left.

(News: Almunecar, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)