A woman, aged around 60, is in critical condition after being hit by a car this Saturday on Aragón Street in Palma.
As SAMU 061 reported to the media, the event occurred today around 1:48 p.m., when a car hit a pedestrian on Aragón Street in Palma.
An Advanced Life Support ambulance and the Delta team responded to the scene to assist a woman aged approximately 60 with multiple injuries.
The woman was finally transferred in critical condition to the Son Espases University Hospital, after the polytrauma code was activated.
Precisely today, the Local Police of Palma has implemented the use of a new device, made available to it by the Balearic Public Security Institute (Ispib), for the accident investigationwhich works similarly to the black box on airplanes.
In a press release, local police said they have a new tool to investigate road accidents resulting in deaths or serious injuries.
Ispib has made available to the local police a system that allows accurate data to be obtained for accident investigations.
All vehicles approved since May 1, 2022 must integrate the EDR system which, during the 30 seconds before and five seconds after a collision, records certain vehicle data. Using software called CrashScan, Officers trained in its use can obtain variables as important as speed, distance before impact, steering wheel turns, pedal pressure or seat belt use.
The Palma Local Police will provide cover for the rest of the Mallorca Police when it needs to use this system, its coordinator being an officer with extensive experience in investigating traffic reports, assigned to the Traffic Unit. Accident Vehicles (UVAC).
Also another woman in this case, aged 41, was seriously injured this Saturday in an accident on the road to Sant Joan, on the island of Ibiza.
As SAMU 061 reported to the media, the event occurred at 10:28 a.m. this Saturday, on the road from Sant Joan to Portinatx, near the intersection of the Six Senses Ibiza hotel. A car and a motorcycle were involved in the accident.
An advanced life support unit and a basic life support unit attended the scene of the incident, assisting a 41-year-old woman suffering from multiple trauma.
The woman was eventually transferred by ambulance to Can Misses Hospital, after the trauma code was activated.
