19-year-old airlifted to hospital after serious motorbike accident in Tenerife

A 19-year-old man was seriously injured and a second man taken to hospital after a collision involving two motorcycles and a car on the TF-24 in Tenerife yesterday, Saturday 24th October.

Emergency services received the alert at 2.52pm, reporting the collision near kilometre 40 of the road leading to Teide National Park, within municipality of La Orotava.

A medical helicopter and an ambulance were dispatched, while the Red Cross emergency response team based in Teide National Park also attended.

The teenager had suffered multiple serious injuries. Medical staff stabilised him at the scene before he was airlifted to Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria for urgent treatment.

Second man treated for head and arm injuries

A 46-year-old man also suffered injuries to his head and an upper limb. He was treated before being taken by ambulance to Hospital Universitario de Canarias.

Guardia Civil officers managed traffic around the collision and worked alongside Red Cross personnel to help the helicopter land and take off safely.

The TF-24 is one of the mountain routes used by residents and visitors travelling towards Teide.

Officers have prepared an accident report to establish the circumstances of the collision. The emergency services’ statement does not identify the cause, the nationalities of those injured or which vehicles they were travelling in.