Farm worker dies in Tinajo after falling down stairs

When the health services arrived, the man had already passed away

February 5 2026 (10:25 WET)
Updated in February 5 2026 (10:55 WET)
Facade of Doctor José Molina Orosa Hospital. Photo: Juan Mateos.
Facade of Doctor José Molina Orosa Hospital. Photo: Juan Mateos.

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A 58-year-old worker has died after having an accident on Thursday morning in Tinajo. As La Voz has been able to ascertain, the incident took place after 8:00 in the morning, when the Emergency devices were activated. 

Apparently, the man had fallen down the stairs of a farm where he was working, on the Las Quemadas road, in the town of La Vegueta. When the health services arrived, the man had already passed away. 

The Civil Guard has taken charge of the custody of the body until the arrival of the Judicial Police. For now, it is unknown if the employee died due to the fall or if it was some previous pathology that caused him to fall and by which he ended up dying.To the place, the Local Police of Tinajo and two ambulances from the Canary Islands Emergency Service also moved

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