One dead, 27 injured as bus carrying British tourists crashes in Spain's La Gomera

MADRID, April 10 (Reuters) - At least one person died and 27 were ​injured ‌after a bus carrying British tourists crashed down a ravine ⁠on the Spanish island of ⁠La Gomera, emergency services said ​on Friday. Those injured, including three seriously, were airlifted to the Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Hospital and others, local emergency services ​said ‌in a social media post. They added that the occupants were 27 British nationals and the driver. The Spanish Civil Guard told Reuters: "The person who ​died was a 77-year-old British man."

The accident happened when the ‌vehicle came off the GM-2 road in La Gomera, one of the Canary ‌Islands and popular with visitors from northern Europe.

Tour operator Holiday Property Bond said the British tourists were travelling to ​the airport to return to the UK when the accident happened.

"Our ‌thoughts go out to those affected by this tragic incident," the British foreign ministry said, adding that it ⁠was in touch ⁠with local authorities and ready ‌to help British nationals.

Spanish police have launched an investigation but the cause of ​the ​crash has not yet been established.

Last ‌year, one woman died and 10 people were injured in a traffic accident on the same road.