Briefing
At 23:11 on 30 August 2026, there was a collision at the entrance to Costa del Silencio on Carretera a Las Galletas involving two vehicles. The Centro Coordinador de Emergencias y Seguridad (CECOES 112) of the Gobierno de Canarias reported that five people were injured and treated at the scene. The emergency coordination centre gave no information in its incident report about the cause of the crash.
The Servicio de Urgencias Canario (SUC) dispatched a sanitised ambulance and two basic-life-support ambulances. After providing initial treatment, the emergency crews transported a 51-year-old man with a moderate-severity injury to the Hospital Universitario Hospiten Sur. A two-year-old girl with a minor cut, as well as women aged 67 and 32, were taken to the Hospital Quirón Costa Adeje A 31-year-old woman was treated at the scene and transported to a health centre by an ambulance operated by the private provider Salvaser.
To secure the accident scene, the Policía Local managed traffic, documented what had happened and prepared the required report. The Servicio de Conservación de Carreteras marked the hazard and cleared debris from the road so that the route could be reopened. The official statement makes no mention of anyone being trapped, a fire or motorcycles being involved in the collision.
Details of the times, number of injured people and hospital destinations come from the Gobierno de Canarias’s official incident report. Possible traffic offences, alcohol or drug use, and technical faults are being investigated by the police; the Policía Local has not yet made any findings public. The section affected links residential and holiday areas in the south of Tenerife; accidents there often cause delays because alternative routes are limited. The authorities did not report any long-term road closures in this incident.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).