A woman dies when her car leaves the road on the A-424 in Pozoblanco

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A woman has died and another person has been injured when the vehicle they were travelling in left the road on the A-424, in Pozoblanco, heading towards Villanueva. Firefighters had to rescue the two occupants, who were trapped inside the car.

M. Marta L. · Published on October 21, 2026 at 10:14

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The accident occurred on the night of Tuesday, October 20, at around 22.10 hours, when the 1-1-2 room received a distress call for a car that had left the road on the A-424, in the municipality of Pozoblanco and heading towards Villanueva. Two people were trapped inside the vehicle.

Rescue and assistance

Guardia Civil de Tráfico officers, the Pozoblanco Fire Brigade, the health emergency services and the Road Maintenance staff went to the scene. The firefighters rescued the two occupants: a woman, who has died, and another person who was injured. The 1-1-2 is the single emergency telephone number for Andalusia and depends on the Agencia de Emergencias de Andalucía, attached to the Consejería de Presidencia, Sanidad y Emergencias of the Junta. It is the service that receives distress calls and coordinates the different bodies involved in each alert.

Other recent accidents in the province

This accident adds to others that have occurred in the province in recent weeks. The portal reported on October 7, 2026 that four people were injured in a collision between three vehicles at the junction of the N-432 with the CO-8405, between kilometres 177 and 178, in Fuente Obejuna; in that case the firefighters indicated that no one was trapped. On October 14, 2026, this portal reported another accident at kilometre 248 of the N-432, as it passes through Villaviciosa de Córdoba, in which a collision between two cars left four injured, including a 15-year-old minor, evacuated to the Hospital Reina Sofía. That same day a collision with five injured was reported in Benacazón (Sevilla).

Emergency alert

In the event of any accident or risk situation on the road, the emergency telephone number is 1-1-2, which activates the health services, the firefighters and the Guardia Civil de Tráfico according to what each case requires.