Two Hurt in AG-41 Crash

Two people were injured after two cars collided on the AG-41 in Sanxenxo, in Spain’s northwestern province of Pontevedra, on Tuesday morning, according to emergency service and local media reports. The crash happened shortly before 8 a.m. on May 19 near kilometer 17 of the highway, in the parish of Nantes by the Sanxenxo business park. Both vehicles overturned or were left partly overturned on the roadway, and emergency crews sent ambulances to the scene. Europa Press, citing the 112 Galicia emergency service, reported that the injured were a 73-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman. Local newspaper La Voz de Galicia reported that the people involved were able to get out of the vehicles under their own power before being treated. Neither report described the injuries as life-threatening. (europapress.es) ### Where on the AG-41 did the crash happen? Kilometer 17 of the AG-41 was the reported location of the collision, according to Faro de Vigo and La Voz de Galicia. Both outlets placed the crash on the stretch of the Autovía do Salnés that runs through Nantes, a parish in Sanxenxo, near the local industrial estate. (europapress.es) Sanxenxo is one of the main municipalities on the O Salnés coast, and the AG-41 is the main highway connection toward Pontevedra. Faro de Vigo said the vehicles were traveling in the direction of Pontevedra when the accident occurred. ### Who was hurt, and how were they treated? Europa Press reported that a 73-year-old man and a 67-year-old woman were injured in the collision. (farodevigo.es) The report, citing emergency responders, said both were attended to after the crash. Ambulances transported the two injured people after the vehicles were left semi-overturned on the road, Faro de Vigo reported, citing 112 Galicia. (farodevigo.es) La Voz de Galicia said the drivers and occupants were able to leave the cars on their own before medical teams arrived. ### Which emergency services responded at the scene? (europapress.es) The 112 Galicia emergency coordination center received the alert shortly before 8 a.m., according to reports from Europa Press and Faro de Vigo. Emergency medical teams were dispatched, and local authorities also moved to manage the aftermath on the road. (farodevigo.es) Traffic was rerouted around the crash site while crews worked on the highway, according to the preliminary reports summarized by Europa Press and local coverage from Pontevedra-based outlets. The available reports did not say how long the disruption lasted. ### Do reports say what caused the collision? (europapress.es) The cause of the crash had not been established in the reports available on Wednesday, May 20. Europa Press said the collision remained under investigation. No report reviewed identified weather, speed, impairment or a mechanical problem as the cause. (europapress.es) That means the available public account remains limited to the time, place, number of vehicles involved and the injuries reported by responders and local media. ### What comes next in the case? (europapress.es) Wednesday’s public record on the crash remained the initial emergency account carried by Europa Press and local newspapers. Any fuller explanation of how the two vehicles collided on the AG-41 would likely come from Spanish traffic authorities or follow-up reporting by Pontevedra-area media. (europapress.es)