Events in the Balearic Islands

The driver who caused an accident in Son Oms, injuring eight people, has been arrested.

Two people are in critical condition and six have suffered minor injuries.

An ambulance in front of Son Espases Hospital. / ISAAC BUJ
ARA Balears
16/07/2025
1 min

PalmThe Civil Guard has arrested the man who caused the accident in Son Oms, where eight people were injured, two of them seriously. According to the armed force, the driver is a foreign national who is accused of reckless driving.

Eight people were injured in the incident. The Emergency Services have reported that two vehicles collided head-on in the early hours of Wednesday morning at kilometer 10 of the MA-19A road, the Can Capó road, near Son Oms, near Sant Jordi.

The incident occurred at 4:50 a.m., when the Local Police, the Civil Guard, the Mallorca Fire Brigade, two medicalized ambulances from the 061, one from a private company, and two basic ambulances also from the 061 were dispatched to the scene. ~BK_SLT_L~ men. After being stabilized, two women in critical condition have been transferred to Son Espases University Hospital, one woman in serious condition and another less serious condition to Son Llàtzer Hospital, and the three people in minor condition - one woman and two men - to private centers, according to SAMU 061.

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