Two Young People Injured in Serious Accident on Rambla Medular in Arrecife
Two young people have been taken to hospital following a serious road traffic incident in Arrecife, Lanzarote, on Tuesday morning, with one of those involved reported to have sustained serious injuries.
The incident happened on Rambla Medular, one of the main routes running through the island’s capital, during the morning of Tuesday, 21 July 2026.
According to information released by the Canary Islands Emergency and Security Coordination Centre (CECOES 112), the emergency services received an alert at approximately 8:08am, reporting that two people had been struck by a vehicle.
A number of emergency resources were subsequently dispatched to the scene.
17-year-old seriously injured
The more seriously injured of the two was a 17-year-old male.
Emergency medical teams attending the incident found that he had suffered a head injury which was initially assessed as serious.
After receiving treatment and being stabilised at the scene, he was transferred by a medicalised ambulance from the Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC) to the Hospital Universitario Doctor José Molina Orosa in Arrecife.
A second person, an 18-year-old female, was also injured in the incident.
She was assessed as having suffered a moderate head injury and was subsequently transported to the same hospital in an SUC basic life-support ambulance.
Investigation Ongoing
As is usual following a serious road traffic incident, the circumstances surrounding what happened may be investigated by the relevant authorities.
However, no official information available at the time of writing establishes responsibility for the incident or provides sufficient detail about exactly how the two young people came to be struck.
At the time of publication, there has been no further confirmed information regarding the subsequent condition of either of the two young people beyond the initial medical assessments released by the emergency services.
