Two British males killed and a 3rd critically injured after their automotive smashed into suspected medicine traffickers’ speedboat that got here off a trailer on Spanish dual-carriageway

Two British nationals have died and a third has been critically injured after their car smashed into a suspected drugs traffickers’ speedboat that came off a trailer on a vehicle travelling in front of them on a Spanish dual-carriageway.

The trio were the first to hit the ‘narcolancha’ when it ended up on the tarmac near the resort of La Manga on Saturday night at around 9:30pm.  

Video footage taken at the site of the crash, the RM-12, a dual carriageway known colloquially as La Manga motorway, near to El Algar between La Manga and Cartagena, showed a pileup of several cars, with many vehicle parts strewn across the road. 

Police today confirmed the nationalities of the victims, saying another eight people in six cars travelling behind them were injured in the mass pile-up.

The driver of the vehicle which had been carrying the suspect vessel on a trailer fled the scene and was still being hunted by police today.

Local press initially described the two people who died as two women, saying this morning they were ‘foreign tourists’ aged around 40.

A Civil Guard spokesman confirmed the pair’s nationalities at midday today, saying both they and the critically injured victim ‘were British men aged 47 to 54.’

The spokesman said: ‘The accident happened around 9.30pm last night on the RM-12 around the El Algar municipality.

The trio were the first to hit the ‘narcolancha’ when it ended up on the tarmac near the resort of La Manga on Saturday nigh (File image of La Manga)

‘A semi-rigid boat on board a trailer a vehicle was pulling came off and ended on the road across both lanes.

‘A car travelling behind it with three British men inside aged between 47 and 54 smashed into the vessel. Two of those people died and another, who was the driver, was critically injured.

‘Eight other people travelling in six vehicles behind them also crashed into the boat and were injured.

‘The driver of the vehicle that was travelling with the speed boat on the trailer fled the scene.

‘He has yet to be arrested. The boat he was carrying that ended up on the dual-carriageway has all the characteristics of a so-called ‘narco lancha’ involved in drug trafficking and an investigation is ongoing.’

Local media reported that one individual who suffered serious injuries was taken to Virgen de la Arrixaca hospital, while others were taken to Santa Lucía hospital in Cartagena to treat minor injuries. 

It was also reported that the motorway was shut for three hours following the crash, causing significant delays in the region.  

It was not immediately clear today if the unnamed British nationals were on holiday or lived in the area.

It is also not yet known if they were travelling in a hire car or owned the car they were in.