Two women, aged 62 and 64, were knocked down by an 80-year-old driver as they crossed a street using a traffic-light-controlled, zebra crossing in Torrox-Costa on Friday.

The accident occurred around five in the afternoon on the main thoroughfare, Avenida de Andalucía, more or less in front of the bus station. Both women were seriously injured and rushed to the nearest hospital; Hospital Comarcal de la Axarquía, in Vélez-Málaga.

As for the 80-year-old driver, a Belgian woman who is a resident of nearby Vélez-Málaga, she said that she had not seen that the traffic light that controlled the crossing was in red for her.

As soon as the accident was phoned in, two ambulances with paramedics on board were sent to the scene, along with the Guardia Civil traffic police and the Torrox Policía Local.

(News: Torrox-Costa, Axarquia, Costa del Sol, Malaga, Andalucía – Source: E Cabezas/Ideal)

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