After suffering an accident on the A-7 motorway in which he was changing his wheel, a 25-year old man was taken to the Torrecardenas University Hospital Almeria with an amputated right leg.
Europa Press was informed by health sources and the unified disaster service 112 Andalucia that multiple alerters reported the accident at kilometer 462 towards Cadiz, on the A-7. This is in the municipality of the capital.
The alerters stated that the young man was repairing a car's wheel when another vehicle struck him. The alerters notified the Local Police, Civil Guard and Road Maintenance, who then transferred the young man into the hospital for emergency surgery.
They have confirmed the witness' account of the victim's injuries and reported that the highway maintenance crew is clearing the road.