Two dead and one person injured after a lorry and car collide on A-355 in Coín

Two people have died and a third person has been rushed to hospital after a head-on crash between a lorry and a car in Coín this Thursday morning, 29 June.

The fatal collision occurred at about 6am near kilometre 14 of the A-355 road, in the municipality of Coín, the thoroughfare that links Marbella and Coín with Malaga.

The two young occupants the car died and the driver of the lorry that was engulfed in flames after plunging off the road was injured in the accident early this Thursday morning, according to 112 Andalucía.

Firefighters rushed to the scene to smother the flames from the lorry and free the two male occupants of the car, both aged 26, who died in the accident. The third person involved in the crash, the lorry driver (61), was transferred to the Hospital Clínico Universitario in Malaga.

Guardia Civil police and medical services were also called to the scene of the accident and road maintenance crews were deployed to clear debris and manage the traffic.

The accident caused tailbacks in the area reaching up to six kilometres, in the direction of Marbella, before returning to normal at around 9am.