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One dead, 27 injured as bus carrying British tourists crashes in Spain’s La Gomera

By Thomson Reuters Apr 10, 2026 | 11:08 AM

MADRID, April 10 (Reuters) – At least one person died and ​27 were injured ‌after a bus carrying British tourists crashed down a ravine on ‌the ​Spanish ⁠island of La ⁠Gomera, emergency services said on Friday.

Those injured, including three in ​serious condition, were taken to the ⁠Nuestra Senora ⁠de Guadalupe Hospital, ​local emergency services said ​in a social media ‌post. They added that the occupants were 27 British ⁠nationals and the driver.

The accident happened when the vehicle ⁠came ‌off the ⁠GM-2 road. La ​Gomera, ‌one of the ​Canary ⁠Islands, is popular with visitors from northern Europe.

(Reporting by Graham Keeley; editing by Philippa ​Fletcher)