Truck driver seriously injured after vehicle overturns on M-100 in Cobeña

The driver was trapped in the cabin after the accident and had to be rescued by the Community of Madrid Firefighters.

Generic image of blue and red emergency lights reflecting on wet asphalt at night.
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Generic image of blue and red emergency lights reflecting on wet asphalt at night.

A 54-year-old driver has suffered considerable injuries after the truck he was driving overturned on the M-100 road, within the municipality of Cobeña, on Tuesday afternoon.

The accident occurred around 6:50 PM on kilometer 16 of the aforementioned road, for reasons that are still under investigation. As a consequence of the incident, the driver became trapped inside the trailer's cabin.
Personnel from the Community of Madrid Firefighters were dispatched to the scene and carried out the necessary rescue operations to free the injured driver. Subsequently, medical staff from SUMMA 112 attended to him at the site before airlifting him to a hospital due to the severity of his injuries.

"The truck driver, potentially seriously injured, was rescued from the cabin by #BomberosCM and evacuated by a #SUMMA112 air ambulance."

112 Comunidad de Madrid
The Civil Guard has launched the relevant investigation to determine the exact circumstances that caused the articulated vehicle to overturn.