A 68-year-old motorcyclist died in a road accident on Sunday morning on Tenerife According to the Canary Islands emergency call centre, a motorbike and a car were involved. The accident happened on the motorway TF-1 at Radazul at the production site in the municipality of El Rosario. Emergency services tried in vain to resuscitate the man.
The Canary Islands emergency call centre regional government received several calls about the accident at 7.50 am on 15 November 2026. This is the time the emergency calls were received, not necessarily the exact time of the accident. The control centre passed the reports on to the relevant emergency and security services.
According to the regional government, the medical coordinator of the Canary Islands emergency medical service spoke to a caller. Based on the information available, the service dispatched two ambulances: one for advanced medical care and one for basic care.
When the medical staff arrived and examined the man, he was in cardiac arrest. The emergency workers carried out advanced resuscitation measures. They were unsuccessful, and the 68-year-old was then pronounced dead.
Before the emergency medical service arrived, an off-duty officer from the local police in El Rosario had provided first aid. The statement does not specify what measures he took or how long it took for the ambulances to arrive.
The Guardia Civil, a Spanish police unit, was also alerted. Its officers investigated the accident and assisted the emergency workers. The regional government also lists the local police and the road maintenance service among the services involved. It does not give further details of the latter’s specific tasks at the scene.
The emergency call centre’s statement does not give the cause of the accident or the exact sequence of events. It also provides no information about the direction in which the vehicles were travelling or possible injuries to anyone in the car. The fact that a car and a motorbike were involved does not establish responsibility for the accident.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).