The driver Alberto Santana and the co-driver Guillermo García were injured in the final stretch of the Rallye Isla de Lanzarote held this Saturday, after overturning with their vehicle in the last section of the route. After the accident, both were transferred to the Molina Orosa Hospital, although García has been referred this Sunday morning to the Doctor Negrín Hospital.
The co-driver suffered a lumbar trauma in the accident and had to be transferred to Gran Canaria in a helicopter of the Canarian Emergency Service, to be operated there. The young man, 24 years old, had significant injuries to several vertebrae.
For his part, the driver Alberto Santana also suffered lumbar pain after the rollover. Although his injuries were less serious, he remained admitted to the Molina Orosa this Sunday.
Rollover in El Mentidero
The car of Alberto Santana and Guillermo García overturned in the last seconds of the last section of the rally between Tías and San Bartolomé, specifically in the area of El Mentidero. The injured were attended by the volunteers of Civil Protection of Tías and the Red Cross.
The driver was transferred in the basic ambulance of Civil Protection with lumbar pain to the Molina Orosa, while the co-driver was transferred in the medicalized ambulance of the Red Cross.
A relative of the co-driver wanted to thank the mayor of Teguise, Oswaldo Betancort, since "he has been the only one who has worried about the family" and "has paid for the ticket and the stay in Gran Canaria to the mother" of Guillermo García. In addition, the mayor of Tinajo, Jesús Machín, also took an interest in the injured and put all the means at the disposal of the relatives. Finally, he wanted to express his discomfort with the Federation "since they did not show interest and told us that until Tuesday they could not give information"
