Young man dies in Ourense crash

A 27-year-old man from Xinzo de Limia died early Friday after the Audi TT he was driving left the OU-531 in Sandiás, in Spain’s Ourense province, and overturned in a roadside field, according to local media reports citing the Guardia Civil and emergency services. The crash happened at about 4:29 a.m. on May 15 at kilometer 4 of the provincial road, in the area of Couso, local outlets reported. Two other people who were in the car were injured, with one reported in serious condition and another with lighter injuries. The Guardia Civil traffic unit and its crash investigation team went to the scene. ### Where did the crash happen, and when? The OU-531 was the site of the crash, with local reports placing it at kilometer 4 in the municipality of Sandiás, in the A Limia area of Ourense province. Diario do Limia reported the vehicle was traveling toward Celanova when it left the road in the early hours of Friday. At about 4:29 a.m. on May 15, the Audi TT went off the right side of the roadway on a left-hand curve and later overturned in a neighboring field, Faro de Vigo reported, citing the Guardia Civil’s incident report. La Voz de Galicia separately reported the crash at about 4:30 a.m. and said the car ended up overturned off the road. (diariodolimia.gal) ### Who was killed? The driver was a 27-year-old man from Xinzo de Limia, according to multiple local reports. Diario do Limia said he lived on Rúa San Sebastián in Xinzo de Limia. Local reports did not identify him by name. The available accounts consistently described him as the driver of the Audi TT involved in the crash. (farodevigo.es) ### Were there other people in the car? Two other occupants were traveling in the Audi TT, according to La Voz de Galicia and Faro de Vigo. (diariodolimia.gal) One suffered serious injuries and another was reported hurt more lightly, Faro de Vigo said. A separate report from 21 Noticias also said the crash left one person dead and two others injured, one of them seriously. (farodevigo.es) That account said one of the people involved contacted 112 Galicia at around 4:30 a.m. to raise the alarm. ### Which emergency services responded? (farodevigo.es) Guardia Civil traffic officers responded to the scene, and the crash investigation team was also deployed, according to La Voz de Galicia and Faro de Vigo. Faro de Vigo said units from Ourense and Verín were among those sent. Diario do Limia reported that firefighters and medical personnel also went to the crash site. (21noticias.com) The preliminary reports did not detail where the injured occupants were treated or taken. ### Why are some reports mentioning Vilar de Santos? (farodevigo.es) Sandiás is the municipality named in the reports that describe the crash site, while some early references linked the accident to the wider area near Vilar de Santos. Diario do Limia located the crash in Couso, within the municipality of Sandiás, and the other local reports also placed it in Sandiás on the OU-531. (diariodolimia.gal) The available reporting does not show any official contradiction on the road location itself. The consistent details across outlets are the road, the kilometer marker, the time and the municipality of Sandiás. ### What happens next in the investigation? The Guardia Civil’s traffic division and its crash investigation team are handling the inquiry into how the Audi TT left the road, according to local reports. (diariodolimia.gal) None of the reports reviewed by Saturday, May 16, gave a formal cause for the crash. (farodevigo.es) As of May 16, the next public details are likely to come from the Guardia Civil’s investigation or from follow-up reporting by local outlets in Ourense and A Limia. (diariodolimia.gal) (farodevigo.es)