Five people were injured in an accident involving two cars on  Sunday on the LZ-2, going up to  the roundabout in the direction of Uga.

The crash happened at around 1:30 p.m.Three ambulances, Civil Guard and Local Police attended the scene. Firefighters had to release the occupants of one of the vehicles as they had become trapped inside by their seat belts.

Although this was a  weekend without major public events and crowds, the last few day brought tragic events for the roads of the island.

From the early hours of last Saturday, news was released of a fatal traffic accident in which a 19-year-old Irish motorcyclist lost his life in a collision with a car on the Lz 40, near Rancho Texas.

Later a vehicle overturned near Güime and there was another accident in the capital, Arrecife.