A 79-year-old man died this morning in a tractor accident on the Rodants road, in els Omellons, after the vehicle went off the road and fell down an embankment for reasons that are being investigated.
The Mossos d'Esquadra received the alert at 09:10 hours and activated four patrols, while Bombers de la Generalitat and the SEM deployed three units and three units, with psychological support.
The accident raises the death toll on Catalan roads to 40 this year
With this accident, the provisional death toll on the Catalan road network rises to 40.
The driver was a resident of the municipality and was driving a tractor with a trailer when the vehicle went off the road. The causes of the accident are still under investigation.
The alert arrived at the Mossos headquarters at 09:10 hours, which activated a deployment with four patrols in the area.
Bombers de la Generalitat sent three crews to the scene and SEM mobilized three units, one of them with psychological support.
The victim was 79 years old and died on the same Rodants road, in the municipality of els Omellons.