Five police officers were killed when their minibus collided with a tanker near the town of Elgoibar in the Spanish Basque Country. the authorities announced on Wednesday. TASR informs about it according to the report of the DPA agency.
- Five policemen were killed when a minibus collided with a tanker near Elgoibara.
- All the victims belonged to the police force in the province of Navarre.
- Five policemen died on the spot, the tanker driver was hospitalized with injuries.
- The cause of the fatal collision on the highway near Elgoibar is not yet known.
- The AP-8 highway was closed, traffic was redirected to AP-1.
The victims were members of the police force in the province of Navarre, which borders the Basque Country. Five policemen died at the scene of the accident, the injured driver of the tanker truck was taken to the hospital. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.
After the accident, the AP-8 highway was closed in both directions and redirected via the AP-1 highway. The Basque police began to investigate the circumstances of the collision.
