A man was airlifted by helicopter to the University Hospital of Gran Canaria on Tuesday after suffering a severe head injury on the GC-60 highway in San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
A cyclist was seriously injured this Tuesday, July 7, 2026, after suffering a fall and plunging from several meters high on the GC-60 road , in the vicinity of Fataga , within the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
The incident occurred at approximately 15:33 p.m., when the Canary Islands Government's Emergency and Security Coordination Center (CECO ES 1-1-2 ) received an alert reporting the accident. According to the initial report, the injured person had fallen down an embankment after an accident while cycling on the aforementioned road.
Emergency services from the Canary Islands Emergency Service were dispatched to the scene , including a medical helicopter and a basic life support ambulance. Medical personnel assessed and treated the cyclist at the site of the fall, with assistance from a non-emergency medical transport team that happened to be passing by.
Emergency personnel from the Gran Canaria Emergency Consortium also participated in the rescue and assisted paramedics in evacuating the injured man on a stretcher to the ambulance. From there, he was transferred to the landing site of the SUC (Canary Islands Emergency Service) medical helicopter.
Once stabilized, the affected person, who presented with a serious head injury at the initial time of assistance, was evacuated by aircraft to the University Hospital of Gran Canaria.
The Civil Guard collaborated with the other emergency resources deployed to the scene and took charge of the corresponding procedures to clarify the circumstances of the accident.
