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VIDEO: Driver with no legs mows down group of Irish cyclists in Spain

A driver without legs who used canes to operate a car lost control and mowed down a group of Irish cyclists in the Costa Blanca, Spain seriously injuring three of them with one of them left in a Coma

Three Irish cyclists have been hospitalised following a serious road traffic collision in southern Spain, with one rider now in a coma after a car struck a group during a cycling trip on the Costa Blanca.
 
 
The incident, which occurred on a popular cycling route in Alicante province, has sparked renewed concerns over road safety for cyclists in Spain’s tourist hotspots.
 
Sources from the Guardia Civil Traffic Division said that the accident happened The crash happened shortly after 3.30pm on Wednesday April 8 on the CV-925 road near the village of Torremendo, in the Orihuela municipality at kilometre 9 of this route, which runs over the dam of the La Pedrera reservoir and is not far from the town of Torremendo.
 
VIDEO: Driver with no legs mows down group of Irish cyclists in Spain
 
Three injured cyclists, who were Irish and 56, 59, and 62 years old, were part of a larger group of six cyclists and were taken to the Hospital Comarcal de la Vega Baja by medical personnel. The Guardia Civil, the Local Police, and several units of the SAMU went to the scene to help the injured.
 
VIDEO: Driver with no legs mows down group of Irish cyclists in Spain
 
In the last few years, this road and the CV-950, which connects it, have seen a lot of accidents, some of which have been fatal. 
 
It is used for tourism and is often visited by foreign residents in the Vega Baja. There is a lot of traffic on the road, including cars, hikers going to the reservoir, groups of cyclists exercising, and most of all, motorcyclists.
 
The driver, who was arrested by police, had no legs and was using canes to control the car.

VIDEO: Driver with no legs mows down group of Irish cyclists in Spain