The Efraín storm continues to wreak havoc in Andalusia the place incidents, in latest days, have numbered within the lots of. The heavy and intermittent rains in Granada have triggered the driving force of a automobile to be injured this Wednesday after being shocked by a powerful flood in a flood-prone ford of the Dílar river, because it passes by means of the city of Ogíjares, within the Metropolitan Area .
According to the Local Police of the municipality, the intervention of the brokers has been required, in addition to the Civil Guard, after detecting that two autos had been shocked by the swelling of the river. One of them was dragged alongside the riverbed for about 200 meters, leading to its driver being injured and needing to be transferred by ambulance to a hospital.
The driver of the opposite automotive, who has additionally been swept away by the present till he was “stranded on some rocks”, has managed to get out by his personal means, with out being injured, as confirmed by the safety forces by means of their social networks.
Caution with floodable fords
This stretch of street the place the river has swollen because of the copious rains is a floodable ford the place driving is prohibited when there’s rainfall. So every thing means that the drivers concerned ignored the rule. Traffic on the street has already been lower to stop additional accidents.
The Local Police urges excessive precautions in case of driving in adversarial climate circumstances and obeying the indicators, particularly in areas with floodable fords.