On Sunday afternoon, three minors died in a traffic accident that sent a car off the road and into a ravine on the TV-3022 in Perello towards Rasquera (Tarragona).

Mossos d’Esquadra received an accident notice at 15:58 and is still investigating the causes of the accident in which the car fell into a ravine and caught fire, Servei Català de Transit (Sct) reported in a release.

As a result of the accident, the driver of the vehicle was seriously injured and was taken to the traffic police. Hospital Val d’Hebronand the other three passengers died.

SCT clarified that the victims are minors, teenagers and residents of Camarles (Tarragona).

The incident forced a road closure in both directions of the march, six Mossos patrols, six reserves of Generalitat bombers and a medical helicopter, and four Sistema d’Emergències Mèdiques (SEM) ambulances. have been activated.)

With these three victims, there are already 24 people who died this year in a traffic accident on the intercity road network in Catalonia.