There was a road accident in the Ortega Prados Tunnel (Málaga) on the MA-20 yesterday evening, resulting in a lorry tipping over onto a taxi.

The articulated lorry had been travelling on the MA-20 on the Cádiz-bound lanes when it tipped over onto the taxi that had joined the autovia from the Avenida de Valle-Inclán, according to the emergency coordination centre, 112 and the Centro de Gestión de Tráfico de Málaga (Traffic Control Centre).

The incident occurred around 20.10h and the fireservice, an ambulance, the Guardia Civil de Tráfico, Policía Local and road-maintenance crews were despatched to the tunnel.

As the incident took place only an hour before the writing of this article, information is scant but at least one person was reported as injured. We don’t know whether the taxi had passengers on board, for example.

At the moment 21.30h, Wednesday night, the on-ramp from the Avenida de Valle-Inclán is still closed to traffic. No doubt, more information will be available when this article goes up tomorrow morning.

Update 07.41h: The taxi driver was injured, but was conscious. He had been trapped inside the cab, and after several hours, firef personnel managed to cut him out of the wreckage and he was taken to a hospital. The lorry driver was unhurt. It is thought that heavy rainfal and the wet road surface caused the driver losing control of the vehicle, though whether he had been speeding is still under investigation.

Lastly, There have been other accidents involving the tunnel in recent years: in May 2014 an articulated lorry loaded with bricks overturned just before reaching the tunnel and ended up blocking the roadway, with its cab hanging over an embankment. More recently, in February 2025, another rig jackknifed across the MA-20, forcing a complete closure of traffic for part of the afternoon.

(News: City & Metropolitan Area, Costa Tropical, Malaga, Andalucia)

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