A woman has died and five members of the same family residing in Menorca have been injured in a traffic accident that occurred this Thursday afternoon in a section of the island's main road, the Me-1, between Maó and Alaior, which is under construction. Two of the injured, a 45-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman, were transferred this Friday to Son Espases hospital for cervical fractures, according to the Menorca Health Area.

A worker died this Tuesday at the Tirme facilities, as reported by the CCOO union, which has requested that the circumstances of the incident be investigated, after high levels of carbon monoxide were detected. This is an employee from the night shift of the Ilunion company who, according to the information provided by the union organization, was found lifeless at 9:00 PM.

The National Police have arrested a man for starting a fire at the facilities of a jet ski rental company in Palma, of which he had been a client. The events took place in the early morning of August 13 in the parking area of a warehouse located in the Molinar neighborhood. The fire reached the interior of the warehouse and burned two jet skis and a trailer that belonged to the company, as well as a private individual's car. The flames also caused damage to the metal roof, facade, windows, and walls.

The National Police have arrested a businessman and hotelier from Palma for exploiting workers, whom he forced to work up to 12 hours a day for a salary that barely reached 1,000 euros per month. The events date back to last summer, when officers from the Provincial Brigade of Immigration and Borders, during a routine inspection, detected that one of the suspect's employees was in an irregular situation.

The National Police has arrested a man in Manacor as the alleged perpetrator of a serious threats offense after he presented himself at the courts and asked to speak with a judge to send him to prison. According to his statement, he had been looking for his ex-partner for ten days with the intention of killing her, but had not located her.

An accident has caused a traffic jam of more than five kilometers on the ring road (Ma-20) in the direction of Andratx since early this Wednesday.

A man of about 70 years has died after the boat in which he was sailing with five other people capsized off the coast of the Mallorcan town of L'Estanyol (Llucmajor). The events, as reported by SAMU 061 and sources from the Civil Guard, took place around 1:30 PM this Tuesday about 100 meters from the coastline.

A four-year-old child has been hospitalized in serious condition after suffering a drowning at the pool of the Club Nàutic del Port de Pollença.

The fire in a truck on the Andratx motorway (Ma-1) this Monday has caused long traffic jams that extend to the ring road.

The total solar eclipse has left a day that will be etched in the memory of the Balearic Islands. But while thousands of people looked to the sky to contemplate how the Moon covered the king star, on land – and also at sea – other much more mundane scenes were unfolding. Robberies, rescues, drifting boats, missing persons, and even a ship fire were the darker side of an astronomical phenomenon that, in general terms, passed without major incidents.

The National Police has arrested a man in Palma as the alleged perpetrator of a crime of child corruption, for possessing more than 2,500 audiovisual files of child pornography. As reported, the Central Unit for Cybercrime, Group II for Child Protection of the General Commissariat of Judicial Police of Madrid, requested collaboration from the Group for Economic Crime and Technological Crimes of the National Police as a consequence of an investigation against the possession and distribution of child sexual exploitation material via the Internet.

The National Police have arrested two men for sexually assaulting a woman in El Arenal. The victim reported the events to the Police last Thursday, as confirmed to Europa Press by police sources. According to the woman's account, the two suspects allegedly subjected her to a chemical assault before sexually assaulting her.

Personnel from the Balearic Nature Institute (Ibanat) are acting on two forest fires of potential severity 0 in Bunyola, Mallorca. On one hand, a fire has been confirmed at Coll d'Honor at 08:20 and, on the other, two active outbreaks have been confirmed since 02:42 at Son Creus. At this latter point, 19 forest firefighters, 2 fire engines, and 1 environmental agent are working.

The Local Police have seized 5,723 counterfeit products in a large-scale operation against commercial fraud carried out in Platja de Palma, an action in which 21 people were investigated as alleged perpetrators of crimes against industrial property. The inspections took place between 11:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. in 21 commercial establishments located on Cartago street, the Arenal road, and Plaça de les Meravelles.

The Civil Guard has taken charge of the investigation to try to clarify the circumstances surrounding the appearance of a neighbor from the port of Andratx, a 59-year-old Spaniard, dead inside a car.

A judge has sent three men arrested for robbing a game room near Aragó street in Palma with a simulated pistol to provisional prison, where they took the cash register. This is how police sources explained it to EFE in relation to the situation of the alleged perpetrators of the robbery, which occurred on June 8 around 4:45 a.m. in an establishment in Palma.

A worker has been admitted in critical condition to Son Espases Hospital after falling four meters while repairing a roof in Valldemossa. The Civil Guard has taken charge of the investigation to clarify the circumstances of the workplace accident, which took place in the municipal maintenance brigade's facility.

Three people have been injured, one of them seriously, in a traffic accident registered early this Tuesday morning in front of the Hipercentro de Sant Antoni, in Ibiza. As reported by SAMU 061, the incident occurred at 5.11 am in a high-speed collision, in which a truck ended up overturned after rolling over.

The National Police have arrested a man for allegedly stabbing another with a knife on a bus in Palma, following an argument because one was playing music at a high volume. The events took place this morning, when 091 was alerted because a man had stabbed another. As reported by the Superior Headquarters of the Balearic Islands, a witness explained that he saw the fight, after which the aggressor fled and threw the knife under a car.

The National Police and the Local Police of Palma deployed a police operation this Thursday in the Son Banya neighborhood. The objective was to attack drug trafficking and demolish the characteristic wall painted with the Spanish flag that the inhabitants of the neighborhood painted for the Football World Cup.