Drunk Andorran Driver Detained After Four-Vehicle Crash in Andorra la Vella

Police in Andorra la Vella detained a young local driver after he caused a four-vehicle collision at the Prat Salit roundabout on Avinguda Salou, registering a blood alcohol level above 2 grams per litre.

The crash occurred at 4:22pm Friday near the Viena restaurant. A manoeuvre by the lead Andorran-registered car led to a frontal impact affecting three vehicles directly and glancing a fourth. No occupants of the originating vehicle were hurt, but four locals from the other cars suffered minor injuries including blows, bruises, whiplash and discomfort. They received treatment on site before hospital transfer and were discharged that evening or overnight. The injured were a 27-year-old man driving alone, a 36-year-old woman driving alone, and two women aged 45 and 33 from a third car—one as driver, one as passenger.

Initial accounts reported three vehicles and varying injury numbers, but police and firefighters confirmed four vehicles and four injuries. Firefighters sent four units: two ambulances, an extrication truck and a support vehicle, following an entrapment alert. Teams found only a blocked door, enabling swift access without cutting tools. All four drivers—locals in Andorran cars—underwent alcohol tests. Only the suspect, whose vehicle had the least damage, tested positive. He faces charges of a crime against collective safety, plus likely counts for the injuries caused, and remained in custody overnight.

The incident closed a CG-1 stretch, creating nearly hour-long tailbacks from Obac road via Avinguda Salou to Margineda, with knock-on delays on Avinguda Riberaygua, Nacions Unides and Tarragona. Traffic flowed normally by around 6pm. Emergency services including police, SUM and traffic units diverted vehicles toward central Santa Coloma. Prat Salit is a known high-risk area due to intense traffic volumes.

In a separate Thursday incident on Spain's C-14 at kilometre 163.8 near Organyà, an Andorran-registered Range Rover and a Spanish-plated Opel van collided rear-side around 3:49pm. One driver became briefly trapped, received quick extrication and was taken to Sant Hospital de la Seu d'Urgell with light injuries; he remained under observation into Saturday. Five Catalan firefighter units and two Mossos d'Esquadra patrols attended. The road closed fully, causing over five-kilometre queues both ways impacting Organyà centre. Single-lane alternating passage opened around 5:13pm, with full clearance by 6:45pm. Early reports varied on vehicle count, kilometre marker and plates, but later accounts aligned on core details including two Andorran cars in some descriptions.