An 86-year-old driver fell into a deep Navarre ditch roadside ditch in northern Spain after stopping in heavy rain. The man had stopped on the NA-134 road in the municipality of Viana on Wednesday evening. He lost his balance as he got out and fell into the ditch, news agency Europa Press and regional news site Navarra.com report.
The accident reportedly happened at around 19:45 on 11 November. The driver was travelling towards Lodosa when he pulled his car onto the hard shoulder. Heavy rain and misted-up windows had impaired his visibility. After the fall, he was reportedly lying in the ditch with severe pain down one side of his body.
The Guardia Civil dispatched officers from its post in Mendavia. The officers first checked the man’s condition and sheltered him from the rain while they waited for medical assistance. Medical staff from Viana health centre and a fire service ambulance from Lodosa also attended.
After stabilising the man, rescue workers took him to the Hospital San Pedro in Logroño. The city is in the neighbouring region of La Rioja. He was to be examined there for possible injuries from the fall and given medical care. The reports provide no details of a specific diagnosis or his subsequent condition.
According to both accounts, the incident did not happen while the man was driving, but after he had stopped his vehicle because of poor visibility. The reports say he fell while getting out; they do not describe a collision with another vehicle. The reports also do not say who alerted the rescue services or how the man was recovered from the ditch.
Europa Press and Navarra.com published their reports on Thursday morning, 12 November. The scene of the incident, Viana, is in Navarra; the hospital named for further treatment, however, is in La Rioja. Both reports give the same time, account of the fall and rescue workers involved.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).