The 62-year-old British man collided head-on with a van in northern Spain – we’ll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.
A British motorcyclist has died after a horror crash in Spain.
The 62-year-old collided head-on with a van this afternoon on a road running beside the A-12 motorway in the Iguzkitza region to the north of the country. Emergency services received their first call around 1.40pm today and sent ambulances and a medical helicopter to the scene, along with police and firefighters. They were unable to save his life.
The tragedy unfolded on the NA-1110 road between the towns of Azketa and Iratxe. It was not immediately clear if the man was a tourist or someone who lived locally.
Pictures from the crash scene showed a white van with its front smashed in by the side of the road next to the motorbike across the tarmac.
A spokesman for local firefighters said: “We were called this afternoon about a front-on collision between a motorbike and a van on the NA-1110. The man on the motorbike died and the occupants of the van were unharmed.”
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