Family of four, including two toddlers, die in Zamora road crash
A driver, his daughter and her two young children died when their car left a rural road near Malva, Zamora, on Sunday, officials said.
Four members of the same family died on Sunday afternoon when their car left a provincial road near Malva, in Spain's Zamora province, and struck a concrete drainage culvert, regional emergency services said.
The crash happened around 13:45 local time on a straight stretch of the ZA-P-2314, between Malva and Aspariegos, the Civil Guard said. A first caller to the emergency line reported three people trapped and injured inside the car; medical teams, including a helicopter, later confirmed all four occupants had died.
The victims were a 59-year-old man, who was driving, his 29-year-old daughter, and her two children, aged two and three, according to the Civil Guard. All four were residents of Aspariegos, a village of about 220 people roughly 25 kilometres from the city of Zamora, and had lived there for about a year.
The Civil Guard is investigating the cause of the crash. Regional president Alfonso Fernández Mañueco and deputy head Carlos Pollán both said they were shocked by the deaths and offered condolences to the family.
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What we know
- 1 outlet Four members of one family died when their car left the road near Malva, Zamora province, on Sunday.
- 1 outlet The dead were a 59-year-old man, his 29-year-old daughter and her two children, aged two and three.
- 1 outlet The vehicle struck a concrete drainage culvert on a straight section of the ZA-P-2314.
- 1 outlet The Civil Guard is investigating the cause of the crash.
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Why it matters for Europe
The crash is one of the deadliest on Castilla y León's roads this year. The region has recorded 96 fatal road accidents in 2026, six more than in the same period last year, with at least 104 deaths, according to Spain's traffic directorate. In July, a crash on the A-67 motorway also killed four members of a single family after their car left the road.
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Questions and answers
- Where did the crash happen?
- On a provincial road, the ZA-P-2314, between Malva and Aspariegos in Zamora province, Spain.
- How many people died?
- Four people from the same family died: a 59-year-old man, his 29-year-old daughter and her two young children.
- What caused the crash?
- The Civil Guard is still investigating; the vehicle left the road on a straight stretch and hit a concrete culvert.
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